HANDS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5506.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PETTERSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4348):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1. To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Health. By Mr. PFLUGER; H.R. 5507 Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the use of federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  571 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5506, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5506

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  83f048f5f22dab01e555e47a074ff85f32f43dd89c5d633d34de9f59c256afb4

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5506, last updated June 6, 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.