Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3446.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3446, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023” on October 18, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 14, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59670

  CBO publication date

  October 18, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3446, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3446

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8befe18e9d8acf1e58f677a2aa28480e15559594318e66ae9392f4c7f6eeda6b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-443 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 5, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/443

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3446, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3446

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8befe18e9d8acf1e58f677a2aa28480e15559594318e66ae9392f4c7f6eeda6b

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SPARTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2429):
  Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  272 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3446, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3446

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8befe18e9d8acf1e58f677a2aa28480e15559594318e66ae9392f4c7f6eeda6b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3446, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.