ACCESS Rural America Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5844.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RIGGLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 28, February 11, 2020, Page H1046):
  Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  178 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5844, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30cc737e2274d7002e150a53d38cbf9532756b962bf0e0f0fef90c29923728d9

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5844, last updated December 5, 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.