Buy America 2.0 Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5137.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 37, March 1, 2018, Page H1341):
  Article I, section 8 of the U. S. Constitution, which grants Congress the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defense and general Welfare of the United States.'' By Mr KELLY of Pennsylvania: H.R. 5138. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  395 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5137, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5137

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  646aacf463d0d1efab6c575254a8817d025d358fe2ef2fd41a43f8ca0dc73693

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5137, last updated August 11, 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.