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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5131.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GABBARD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6399):
  The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5131, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f10aaac0c6b74da2a52ca3887726091f9b639f030132a730ddc845791241cb85

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5131, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.