Equal COLA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 866.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 26, February 8, 2023, Page H781):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Federal retirement benefits
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 8, 2023 ↗

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  126 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 866, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/866

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f89c0e410d8db37afdabbac5ab7d901aeb204c481275fb7f978dfaea7312e184

  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. 866, 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.