Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5020.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 62, April 21, 2016, Page H1923):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution (``Congress shall have the power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution . . . all other Powers vested in this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof').
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  319 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5020, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5020

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a70689f3e7db2de2866e4c881aedbc159b2626faeb1685653ff2663c262b8856

  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. 5020, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.