Protecting Our Democracy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5048.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4146):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Democracy
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  98 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5048, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5048

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0f75b6f4536dbf9e9bc09d8689f44a219372e006a5e4a38b181717f26605d1e1

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5048, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.