Combatting Foreign Surveillance Spyware Sanctions Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5557.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5557, Combatting Foreign Surveillance Spyware Sanctions Act” on November 7, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 20, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59739

  CBO publication date

  November 7, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5557, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  82da554475e297e84563c5459a90e2a03f54e62a4b67e90baf517887b6b6e038

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-802 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 5, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/802

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5557, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  82da554475e297e84563c5459a90e2a03f54e62a4b67e90baf517887b6b6e038

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 151, September 19, 2023, Page H4408):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would authorize sanctions on individuals and entities who facilitate spyware that could enable the targeting of United States Government officials or personnel of the intelligence community.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5557, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  82da554475e297e84563c5459a90e2a03f54e62a4b67e90baf517887b6b6e038

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5557, last updated May 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.