Equality Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Equality Act” on March 13, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on May 17, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 13, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56271

  CBO publication date

  March 13, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6f9b706bd67b10501e1d23feff5d0d1b408116a24b8097b7730ecf2b0ae2d89a

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-56 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 10, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/56

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6f9b706bd67b10501e1d23feff5d0d1b408116a24b8097b7730ecf2b0ae2d89a

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CICILLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 45, March 13, 2019, Page H2717):
  Article 1, section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6f9b706bd67b10501e1d23feff5d0d1b408116a24b8097b7730ecf2b0ae2d89a

  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. 5, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.