Protect Our Probationary Employees Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1989.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ELFRETH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1068):
  Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1989, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1989

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4be44cc681b35a10dc537d66052358b367ac5ef7d1893ed64d13538261ec1f70

  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 October 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1989, last updated October 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 3, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.