To amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require prior approval from Congress before the Comptroller General may pursue a civil action under such Act, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4229.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIS of Maryland, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 111, June 27, 2025, Page H3033):
  Article 1, Section 8, The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  283 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4229, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4229

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a16b7105d462391222d63684c612896bc3ef7daa2f793c7fdf550f1d31436aab

  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 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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