MANAGER Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 242.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SESSIONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Pages H91-H92):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 242, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ff75919e808bded1e3d0906ed2da7863ac8f17d8134ae2493a863dc64c03d740

  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 May 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 242, last updated May 21, 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.