Anti-BDS Labeling Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5179.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5179, Anti-BDS Labeling Act” on May 16, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 17, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60308

  CBO publication date

  May 16, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5179, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ad379d1b312bd69cde479e039427d79d5e90210adc699ec1ed3996a4d48aa46

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-661 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 10, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/661

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5179, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ad379d1b312bd69cde479e039427d79d5e90210adc699ec1ed3996a4d48aa46

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 134, August 8, 2023, Page H4172):
  Article I, Section 9 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill prohibits federal funds from reversing or altering the ``Country of Origin Marking of Products from the West Bank and Gaza'' rule.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  204 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5179, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ad379d1b312bd69cde479e039427d79d5e90210adc699ec1ed3996a4d48aa46

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5179, last updated December 5, 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.