STARS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5213.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RENACCI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6976):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Within the Enumerated Powers of the U.S. Constitution, Congress is granted the power to law and collect taxes. This provision grants Congress the authority over this partiuclar piece of legislation.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  248 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5213, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5213

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2bc5cc0837d7e7d0ce0ab263ed9506a5fc4d767879c06f52ce83ec8c4b9803b7

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5213, last updated December 5, 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.