Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2299.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2299, Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025” on September 28, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on March 3, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62811

  CBO publication date

  September 28, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2299, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2299

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d4ab38641bcc920e0915485d886f2c7cbd73ffe1ae0db2ad38ceadc2c23e4376

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-539 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on March 3, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 3, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/539

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2299, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2299

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d4ab38641bcc920e0915485d886f2c7cbd73ffe1ae0db2ad38ceadc2c23e4376

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 53, March 24, 2025, Page H1219):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2299, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2299

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d4ab38641bcc920e0915485d886f2c7cbd73ffe1ae0db2ad38ceadc2c23e4376

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2299, last updated September 28, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.