Voter Integrity and Defense Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5189.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 135, August 11, 2023, Page H4182):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To condition the receipt of Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grants on states implementing Voter ID laws.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 11, 2023 ↗

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  176 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5189, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f746cd49a45ece6f497ef5d5f60987a60f85eb7e3632323960e21f544b9eb19

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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