Prison to Proprietorship Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5078.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5078, Prison to Proprietorship Act” on May 15, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on January 9, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56365

  CBO publication date

  May 15, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5078, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5078

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  705bd279d0d6495365f746491b0ca1a751e0d4f30047af3d074b9d169b930c1e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-344 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on December 12, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/344

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5078, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5078

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  705bd279d0d6495365f746491b0ca1a751e0d4f30047af3d074b9d169b930c1e

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 181, November 13, 2019, Page H8827):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5078, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5078

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  705bd279d0d6495365f746491b0ca1a751e0d4f30047af3d074b9d169b930c1e

  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. 5078, last updated September 8, 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.