JAB Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5728.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAWTHORN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 188, October 26, 2021, Page H5931):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 26, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5728, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5728

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f1f2b4861d3f8321c53ca32b9af5d110154617d8a32fad18d8e9cad5a713117e

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5728, last updated July 21, 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.