Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5546.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5546, Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act” on September 21, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 12, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 21, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56599

  CBO publication date

  September 21, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5546, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5546

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30b7b9413f2cd4680b2cd0d606e2e3787a028f7d39a62c06b914a37fdfde00fd

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-507 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 16, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 16, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/507

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5546, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5546

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30b7b9413f2cd4680b2cd0d606e2e3787a028f7d39a62c06b914a37fdfde00fd

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 3, January 7, 2020, Page H12):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5546, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5546

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30b7b9413f2cd4680b2cd0d606e2e3787a028f7d39a62c06b914a37fdfde00fd

  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. 5546, 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.