Kelsey Smith Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5655.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaTURNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 185, October 21, 2021, Page H5791):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution (known as the Taxing and Spending Clause) which gives Congress Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Impost and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution (known as the Necessary and Proper Clause), which gives Congress 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 October 21, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

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  634 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5655, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5655

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ec8367b1d87edca3dadd85e7852bab85a191d42455c2444ccaf54d3c3d6cfd7

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5655, last updated December 5, 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.