First Amendment Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 162.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAGEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H41):
  Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for a right of action against Federal employees for violations of First Amendment rights
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  162 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 162, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/162

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  01709eb048b4b96157eae3ba3e39f6311b38bac7bf7f24b9885f837c55691954

  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 November 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 162, last updated November 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.