Protecting Our Democracy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5314.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 163, September 21, 2021, Page H4864):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the General Welfare Clause.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  79 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5314, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5314

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  35d4cf2556e0b29720d23f13102fcf5b999633f3c7b46736bce2ab63e52f5785

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5314, last updated September 8, 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.