Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10235.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SANCHEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 139, September 2, 2026, Page H5478):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18, allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any of Congress's enumerated powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10235, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10235

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  aa9820a028b5fc86c75cf61cdc8a3653e67ec4ed6366c99a3f5acece7713a9bd

  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 September 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10235, last updated September 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 11, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.