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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4245.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3072):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Addressing America's debt
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  89 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4245, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a88dd86b36072bd5c83db5d0a556d8ebf9e4506426870176c2a9ef7f2d15b15d

  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. 4245, 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.