Pay Federal Workers and Servicemembers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1988.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Pages H1067-H1068):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  137 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1988, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1988

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8f348bf828cc76616017102199f03cdaa26b691ff20c55fec0801b63c68ffd4

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1988, last updated January 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.