HUMANE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5114.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6296):
  THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . 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, record updated January 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5114, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5114

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59e322fbbb3538e2c7b4e2e7a41d01bf66118307aa59299f8dac49d983fb43cd

  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 January 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5114, last updated January 27, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.