Ensuring Equity for Firefighters Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7878.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 58, April 5, 2024, Page H2142):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Workforce
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  398 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7878, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7878

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c2338adab3f38c9f5d066cd583bdf4cabdcd114a0662737005a505e4000f259

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7878, last updated July 21, 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.