Common Sense Certification Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5988.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FERGUSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 90, June 1, 2018, Page H4738):
  Article I, Section 8, To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval forces;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 1, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  99 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5988, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5988

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5f2e52866164911bac609658b28125c504e7fb38ce524e65185266e4feb243bc

  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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5988, last updated March 23, 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.