CLEAN Congress Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 157.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H41):
  Article 1 Section 5 Clause 2. The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits multi-subject bills and requires equal application of laws to Members of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  165 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 157, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  822fe43f8c3cf9633c65d0e3738b1f18b395cf86f74ce452957b4d12c5f1148e

  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 10, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 157, last updated February 10, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.