Paycheck Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4971.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4143):
  Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill relates to labor policy and union member dues for federal employees.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  179 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4971, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4971

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8a3a5dca05d5e70768b8415f9f3e7ba04c305f402d7ac8f22d85988067b27d21

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4971, last updated February 4, 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.