To provide for interim appropriations for the District of Columbia courts and related agencies with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for such courts and agencies.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5548.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4382):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would exempt from federal government shutdowns the federal and independent agencies that are exclusively or primarily federally funded but have jurisdiction over local District of Columbia civil and criminal justice matters.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5548, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5548

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  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.

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