Readable Legislation Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5142.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMASH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 37, March 1, 2018, Page H1341):
  Article I, Section 1, of the Constitution states: ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States . . .'' It is both ``necessary and proper [for Congress to make laws] for carrying into Execution'' this Power (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18), including setting standards for the format and content of legislation proposed to be considered by Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  395 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5142, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  67e772d1e96135a2a5ec43747b1aa0c1d3fa8d1db9fb2a2831333a3a9f1f23d0

  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. 5142, 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.