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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5918.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-522 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 18, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/522

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5918, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5918

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9777fe7f5c6d8e4e908df66b6e4be1698e603bd9b2b32ec20916aab050cd4b6

  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. MATSUI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 31, February 14, 2020, Page H1161):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  43 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5918, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5918

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9777fe7f5c6d8e4e908df66b6e4be1698e603bd9b2b32ec20916aab050cd4b6

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5918, last updated September 8, 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.