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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5325.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-594 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 4, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/594

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5325, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5325

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a492e74b754de8452db2af0ac50db90e55bdd3a0f3308ac719dc4b3a67b5b018

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 83, May 25, 2016, Page H3265):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate finds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2016 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  799 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5325, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5325

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a492e74b754de8452db2af0ac50db90e55bdd3a0f3308ac719dc4b3a67b5b018

  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 noteContinuing appropriations through 12/9/2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 4, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5325, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5325

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a492e74b754de8452db2af0ac50db90e55bdd3a0f3308ac719dc4b3a67b5b018

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of March 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5325, last updated March 4, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.