Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 716.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 21, February 1, 2023, Page H629):
  Clause 1, Section 8, Article I of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  240 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 716, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/716

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b37151ab57298c01e322ea2fb2f6e1f6f24dacc6f642c0151f54c4ef420aef6a

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 716, last updated June 6, 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.