Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5543.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4382):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the fiscal year begins and continuing appropriations are not in effect.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗

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  323 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5543, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5543

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  35739fad278a39e0de78f369ac2004fd6bb519e5c5808e0577c62a5d66a02b5c

  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. 5543, 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.