Drain the Swamp Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 978.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 28, February 10, 2023, Page H833):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 and 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Government Oversight
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 978, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  86ddb27164b594955a5e8bd6ebe7aa9a4e9a37b02bf58c2e35d6e9e0d6978f50

  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. 978, 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.