Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5022.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARSHALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 29, February 14, 2018, Page H1178):
  The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  87 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5022, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5022

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0be342f26b72c12b5fe889195e2f5768e5999e3e9ae7dd0acac13de41ea1af32

  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. 5022, 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.