Department of Labor Succession Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4957.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4957, Department of Labor Succession Act” on September 27, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on September 14, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59611

  CBO publication date

  September 27, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4957, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e5966c279bf858d79a79234ae61f1a582eb022e628c9d591a365c8846d69588

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-254 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on October 25, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/254

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4957, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e5966c279bf858d79a79234ae61f1a582eb022e628c9d591a365c8846d69588

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4142):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of Labor, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  211 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4957, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e5966c279bf858d79a79234ae61f1a582eb022e628c9d591a365c8846d69588

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4957, 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.