Prohibit Pentagon Profiteering Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5120.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 132, August 1, 2023, Page H4159):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To strengthen the prohibition on the ownership or trading of stocks in certain companies by certain officials of the Department of Defense.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  248 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5120, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5120

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2517d7478a5b901ae48b5fa461810d9125e11a0f11018c99c0f582eb61d886f9

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5120, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.