Productivity Over Pronouns Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 985.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 28, February 10, 2023, Page H833):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this The single subject of this legislation is: Stipulates that executive federal agencies cannot use federal funding for programs, projects, or activities related to the use of pronouns or preferred terms.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 985, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/985

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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  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.

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