Territorial Representation in the Senate Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5526.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAN NICOLAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 206, December 19, 2019, Page H12291):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution, Congress's authority to make all rule and regulations respecting the Territories and possessions.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  150 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5526, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5526

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38899a5b771a9e032244e098f4bf6d873cd9493927ceb1398bf43c54089bb081

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5526, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.