To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that not more than 10 percent of a monthly benefit may be withheld on account of overpayments.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2999.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 69, April 24, 2025, Page H1625):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2999, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2999

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e8cc6f9c65a02ce0cd6ec3936dc6263aa2d58bef99774a949f3f847c152cc27c

  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 September 5, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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