Upholding the Power of the Purse Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5544.

• 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 I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Requires all moneys received by the federal government from any source (like user fees), other than programs where the federal government is holding money for states/localities, are deposited in the Treasury General Fund for appropriation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  348 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5544, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f7beb903b6668a73a0f8c06cc5919f3b9001120e8a41251d15bf2a9e1dd077b

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5544, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.