Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5041.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McBATH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 180, November 12, 2019, Page H8784):
  The Commerce Clause (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 ofthe U.S. Constitution): Congress has the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  205 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5041, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5041

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a5d4359e1ca6a9468809f4e482de4357e4b460d6619fd7188e9534cd2d0bed7a

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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