No Funds for Armed Regulators Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4416.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3161):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: This legislaton will prohibit the funding, hiring, and equipping of Federal armed regulatory enforcemen agents for the IRS, DOL, and EPA.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4416, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4416

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f52ccf745858b5a145efcc7507fb3155db7b8aa105609ca4f4ed6fb7f00a8af

  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. 4416, 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.