To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 7, title 20, and title 43, United States Code.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5679.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5679, Technical Corrections Legislation” on January 28, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the U.S House of Representatives on December 8, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57796

  CBO publication date

  January 28, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5679, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5679

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0f93ae6645d85ef6b7054f363db586f7dd45335b27cf5e129c0e3cab2accecf

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-188 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 30, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/188

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5679, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5679

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0f93ae6645d85ef6b7054f363db586f7dd45335b27cf5e129c0e3cab2accecf

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JONES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 186, October 22, 2021, Page H5833):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 22, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5679, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5679

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0f93ae6645d85ef6b7054f363db586f7dd45335b27cf5e129c0e3cab2accecf

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5679, last updated August 10, 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.