BUILD Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5953.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5953, BUILD Act” on July 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 14, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54172

  CBO publication date

  July 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5953, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5953

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bac94f1c996d833e5c879a4831eb15cfdc6be62479f1b199265f4f0bb944fe6e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-806 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 10, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/806

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5953, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5953

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bac94f1c996d833e5c879a4831eb15cfdc6be62479f1b199265f4f0bb944fe6e

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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. LOUDERMILK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 86, May 24, 2018, Page H4729):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5953, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5953

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bac94f1c996d833e5c879a4831eb15cfdc6be62479f1b199265f4f0bb944fe6e

  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. 5953, last updated April 7, 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.