USPIS Surveillance Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5211.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GAETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 136, August 15, 2023, Page H4187):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits the expending of funds to implement the Internet Covert Operations Program under the United States Postal Inspection Service.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  244 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5211, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5211

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  700642ef30eb8b82b3092b035c29f5e34b5bc86e5e5cb6fbdc59b7cacb2d5d04

  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. 5211, 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.