Jobs and Justice Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5785.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICHMOND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 77, May 11, 2018, Page H3935):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review ofthe accompanying bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  461 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5785, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5785

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  70ca5618f72d2e1e7c672ceaa147942cd9b5641e7cb6d5c708aab74a0d3bebb1

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5785, 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.