Expanding the VOTE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5295.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 139, August 25, 2023, Page H4206):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: to reduce language-based barriers to voting
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 25, 2023 ↗

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  117 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5295, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5295

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f60ea2f86521904f9bf332b5babcbe966ac8351d8f546f4b8b44bfdb26a0ae5

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5295, 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.