CORRECT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5240.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7040):
  The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5240, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c165d2582b6282a27aadfa89ca93ee7ce99c354307551a20e489dd6ede7e4ae3

  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 July 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5240, last updated July 9, 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.