FEMA Independence Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5599.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOSKOWITZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 152, September 20, 2023, Page H4439):
  Pursant to the clause 3(d)(1) of rule XII of the Rules of the House of Represenatives, the Committee find the authority for this legislation in article I, section 8 of the Consitution The single subject of this legislation is: emergency management
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  247 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5599, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5599

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e03ba22c276206ef72f080192cfc071ffbe74bbc1ce39b3eb78dc05df8bb4c42

  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 August 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5599, last updated August 14, 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.