To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5961.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-193 ↗. 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/193

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5961, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5961

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2de4d4c0fa0352c58f79ebed20f6182ba93bed7b1365dae3c1985dffb740d4e6

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 197, November 12, 2021, Page H6247):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 12, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5961, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5961

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2de4d4c0fa0352c58f79ebed20f6182ba93bed7b1365dae3c1985dffb740d4e6

  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 (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5961, 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.