Voter Empowerment Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5799.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3104):
  The authority for the introduction of this bill is Article I, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  98 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5799, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5799

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bf44d6de6cd04fdc6129d30b9242f9980bc4a4948861864f19abd0c17298a402

  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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5799, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.