Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 937.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H828):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 3: The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; The single subject of this legislation is: To reaffirm the sovereignty of tribal governments by protecting their right to determine for themselves the appropriate labor practices within their jurisdiction, instead of being forced to comply with employer requirements under the National Labor Relations Act.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  475 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 937, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/937

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a1ea190c5db226f9c4321f0599048535778cb47da3f49a84a421c36a97a13731

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 937, last updated December 11, 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.