Presidential Budget Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7614.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 43, March 11, 2024, Page H1093):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the payment of the salaries of the President and members of the cabinet if the President fails to submit the annual budget to Congress before the first Monday in February of any year.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  280 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7614, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7614

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef4ae2b465e595f27f148040a7c7a683dd8e76d0fd2ea5f52ec453bc242f76e7

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7614, last updated February 4, 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.