Fair Calculations in Civil Damages Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4980.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4143):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit courts from awarding damages to plaintiffs in civil actions using a calculation for projected future earning potential that takes into account a plaintiff's race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or actual or perceived sexual orientation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  345 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4980, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4980

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0e774ae87d020c755e11eb9965a70f0afed9a1e12026ac2a6f14cfaaf8dddf67

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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