Safeguarding American Workers’ Benefits Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 778.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H406):
  Article I, 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 January 28, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 778, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/778

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b99006a3200c002bc6cd400eea2f300102a3fd0ba328d35223ee1f47fd8e0cf9

  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 April 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 778, last updated April 2, 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.