CLEAN Elections Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 158.

• 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 4 Clause 1. The single subject of this legislation is: Requires the use of independent nonpartisan commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 158, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/158

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73c530e6f22d2acdae9d001f5f32da1a2ab4d0ba078a611206684d8d436c4975

  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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 158, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.