Spending Safeguard Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5591.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 152, September 20, 2023, Page H4438):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to ``pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Fiscal Responsibility
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  243 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5591, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5591

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0956e870e963374a5b2a503653bed1b1ee48e4fc065e6bcd9e944dc218fccf7b

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5591, last updated September 8, 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.