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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5164.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 133, August 4, 2023, Page H4166):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Government Ethics
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  81 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5164, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5164

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2824a0fc148820910342ce8bf344e845f0208fa0715d74679c80db08d43eda81

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5164, last updated February 4, 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.