Public Housing Fire Safety Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5064.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4147):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: The Public Fire Safety Act will establish a grant program to provide amounts to public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in public housing, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5064, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5064

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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