Restoring Integrity to America’s Elections Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7497.

• 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. 170, No. 37, February 29, 2024, Page H773):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to make reforms to the composition and functioning of the Federal Election Commission.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 29, 2024 ↗

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  234 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7497, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7497

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d8d5c13a734c383c802a7f1d1c07904385943f1f69ce804400eca912e695cb9

  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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