To amend title 40, United States Code, to add certain counties to the definition of "Appalachian region".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5310.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 163, September 21, 2021, Page H4864):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which states the Congress shall have the 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, or in any department or officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2021 ↗

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  316 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5310, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5310

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3146c834cf0024ca8ad17489b6253a1301461bfab3d32fc2b2746fba3ed830f

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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