HHS COVID–19 Origin Transparency Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5379.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 145, September 8, 2023, Page H4231):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Public health
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  77 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5379, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5379

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  915307c7f66883e3b5372d686fbdb9320ac1861d828da82afa0e11a8aa9b4ae9

  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. 5379, 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.