Equal Representation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7109.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7109, Equal Representation Act” on May 6, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on April 29, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60248

  CBO publication date

  May 6, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7109, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-476 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 29, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 29, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/476

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7109, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 16, January 29, 2024, Page H272):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``Regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states. and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Requires a citizenship question on the decennial census, reporting on certain census statistics, and modifies apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all persons.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 29, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  380 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7109, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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

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