Better Pay for American Workers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10294.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TORRES of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 140, September 3, 2026, Page H5510):
  According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. 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 Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 3, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

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  441 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10294, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10294

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6dfb2e6d5b1f48325ccbe6a816ee23ae13f03ed37103bb7e0ca7e6ee900319a1

  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. 10294, 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.