BE HEARD in the Workplace Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5994.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 200, November 17, 2021, Page H6370):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 17, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5994, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5994

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cf82a95477da5dee95cd9fc19383d7cc8e0ce2f969bcfef377807a29235bcf08

  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 January 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5994, last updated January 13, 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.