Protecting Elders From Government Error Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10243.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 140, September 3, 2026, Page H5509):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Goverment of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 3, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10243, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4631e46459440f3b0d159efe341ad50c0043920ef8726d21ecac63b5bd854467

  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 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10243, last updated September 4, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.