True Cost Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 438.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEWART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 13, January 20, 2023, Page H252):
  Article 1, Section 8 Clauses 1 and 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  36 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 438, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e990c092552e8b4085ee1df3a968a7e1e817703c8a1a90cf3482e8674e3bd94b

  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. 438, 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.