Informed Lawmaking to Combat Inflation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3640.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HINSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 88, May 24, 2023, Page H2597):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend Part A of title IV of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to direct the Congressional Budget Office to perform inflation forecasting prior to the consideration of major legislation in Congress, and to establish Congressional procedures for the consideration of such major legislation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  393 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3640, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  564246284c790f8055e727f95b6387b8122b707c2e1545122714b01e7607626a

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3640, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.