BRIDGE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5565.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 151, September 19, 2023, Page H4408):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires a report on the Chinese Communist Party's use of the Belt and Road Initiative to undermine U.S.-led international order.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  239 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5565, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5565

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 25, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40f0cf691221ba33b146d8ecbc7954fff13e8915102ac4c639b58d9165c14917

  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 25, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5565, last updated June 25, 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.