To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5705.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5705, 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/57798

  CBO publication date

  January 28, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5705, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c35d7836b6cb69af23a510fe92a7df20d9489dad3dd4945f808d92bf0337e65c

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-191 ↗. 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/191

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5705, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c35d7836b6cb69af23a510fe92a7df20d9489dad3dd4945f808d92bf0337e65c

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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. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 187, October 25, 2021, Page H5872):
  Article I, section 8, clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 25, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  32 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5705, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c35d7836b6cb69af23a510fe92a7df20d9489dad3dd4945f808d92bf0337e65c

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

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