Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 139.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H40):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  127 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 139, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f4f7cdd547b140b71591034b0e27f0bebdf6b2bead84417408cbcf46996d18b

  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 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 139, last updated September 8, 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.