District of Columbia Juror Pay Parity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5963.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 169, October 16, 2023, Page H5016):
  Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would require the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to pay jurors the same amount the federal courts pay jurors.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 16, 2023 ↗

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  230 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5963, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5963

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93aae8e42bf390885fa48f075e80eed38ccf138b52f4a6e52290769711301824

  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.

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