STOP Pain Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5249.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CAPPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 77, May 16, 2016, Page H2428):
  The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce, as enumerated by Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  187 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5249, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  573a18ef1a13cd65f024f014d229288b5393767e514335104bf1b24696d00dee

  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. 5249, last updated December 5, 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.