Protect Our Workers Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3827.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 97, June 5, 2023, Pages H2742-H2743):
  Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Labor
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2023 ↗

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  92 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3827, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3827

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5c0b5c2d1591be27cecd16de4b292a0c1b07154565346b662a8584ced9bc6fb

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3827, last updated July 21, 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.