Protecting Our Kids Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5990.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 90, June 1, 2018, Page H4738):
  Article 1, Section 8--provide for the general Welfare of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 1, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  74 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5990, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f382cfd0c1c14c538caa42e38e81a555a01f2f547516ffc5d3b944680b5ad51

  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. 5990, 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.