PAID Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5578.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 64, April 19, 2018, Page H3448):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 allows Congress to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution any of Congress's enumerated powers, including Congress's powers over appropriations. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  235 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5578, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b5b218b258999ad622e1ee98d7a8a22d7036602b73d8c61d23b75590c995c55

  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. 5578, 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.