PIRATE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5709.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5709, PIRATE Act” on August 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 23, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54341

  CBO publication date

  August 7, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5709, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a80aaed06e3c6ba8fbdaea2bd5cba09388b53dbe84c9ca713bcd36e068da4661

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-843 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 18, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/843

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5709, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a80aaed06e3c6ba8fbdaea2bd5cba09388b53dbe84c9ca713bcd36e068da4661

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 74, May 8, 2018, Page H3834):
  Article I, Sec 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  157 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5709, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a80aaed06e3c6ba8fbdaea2bd5cba09388b53dbe84c9ca713bcd36e068da4661

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5709, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.