Equality Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CICILLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 31, February 18, 2021, Page H535):
  Article I, Section 8 of Constituion of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  57 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20202d0a645612fa26609b6ba91c5814c5d75f0b920eed77843779813ccb89ba

  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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.