Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5685.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 18, January 28, 2020, Page H633):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, of in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  324 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5685, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8990ef58bc4600fe311cc49a4d4cec12ed3d77c9ff90d3b67a4292ae66ba8eea

  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 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5685, last updated January 16, 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.