Federal Retirement Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5995.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 172, October 19, 2023, Page H5033):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.) The single subject of this legislation is: Grants federal employees who started their careers as temporary workers the opportunity to make catch-up retirement contributions for on time retirement.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  364 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5995, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5995

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59558bb3565944317b268e52056d88ebb04316702e1280a51ddfefe307916aef

  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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