Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Reauthorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5202.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5202, Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Reauthorization Act” on March 13, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on December 6, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60095

  CBO publication date

  March 13, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5202, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5202

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  817a70bf1005fad881c9dd84ca007428ea58330ed5f230855ca1e8d905023091

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-448 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 5, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 5, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/448

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5202, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5202

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  817a70bf1005fad881c9dd84ca007428ea58330ed5f230855ca1e8d905023091

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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. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 135, August 11, 2023, Page H4182):
  US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: DROWNING PREVENTION AND POOL SAFETY
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 11, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  116 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5202, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5202

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  817a70bf1005fad881c9dd84ca007428ea58330ed5f230855ca1e8d905023091

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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