Illicit Art and Antiquities Trafficking Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5886.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MESSER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 82, May 18, 2018, Page H4243):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5886, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5886

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b57f9579e34b28ccd33086149a54b456276c58d309e5e680379e346f2e6ebb50

  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. 5886, 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.