Expediting Assistance to Renters and Landlords Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5196.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 154, September 7, 2021, Page H4510):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 7, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  168 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5196, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e032714cd8ccd5d07828ff5fabf43383c1395aebaf2b3fa0e75ec96030402a2e

  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 May 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5196, last updated May 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.