Access to Counsel Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5581.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-412 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 5, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 5, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/412

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5581, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5581

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  da1bf89706d8e5e3acc383a121d744ad497dc8b0cbfbac4e5736c5cd98945939

  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 Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 6, January 10, 2020, Page H180):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5581, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5581

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  da1bf89706d8e5e3acc383a121d744ad497dc8b0cbfbac4e5736c5cd98945939

  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 (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5581, last updated December 6, 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.