Kelsey Smith Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5983.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YODER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 87, May 25, 2018, Page H4733):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3, The Congress shal have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defence and the general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  425 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5983, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5983

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9862a1eeb8607f7cf5c36a6b1ac32d62e6fabeb1130da2f1a209bb31444e6953

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5983, last updated December 5, 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.