Repairing Social Security After Trump and DOGE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6237.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TORRES of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 196, November 20, 2025, Page H4878):
  According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  441 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6237, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6237

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  24b3afbe0c07d3d4f6d66fb222c27dee60c641724dd9ea143da28cef6e9e089e

  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 December 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6237, last updated December 15, 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.