COTA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4945.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Pages H4032-H4033):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: to raise public awareness for skilled trade programs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗

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  471 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4945, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4945

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2fcbdab43310d51e8119d718368eeefa072e752e611f1dbec7021534f9dffe73

  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. 4945, 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.