Halt Arms and Promote Peace in South Sudan Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5996.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 137, September 12, 2016, Page H5338):
  Article I, Section 8: ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  126 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5996, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  892fb2f2450eba6ad0b190d6aa9379d819ec7c4c74d9b9b2a9c6718d4c7431b3

  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. 5996, 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.