LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3970.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2790):
  U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To improve Federal populations surveys by requiring the collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics in certain surveys and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗

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  310 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3970, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3970

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d32a0216e0be261618118cb49bf33e8ee91121e6246e70bdee3354751760bf1

  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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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