Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5434.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DEFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 172, October 1, 2021, Page H5592):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5434, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5434

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e78bcbcab4d2940f47c44bbfd9fc2978833d50ac489a9a2d90f769a8564e464

  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 December 17, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5434, last updated December 17, 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.