FAST Passports Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5700.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CARAVEO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 156, September 26, 2023, Page H4500):
  THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of State to develop and submit to Congress a strategy to improve the processing of passport applications.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2023 ↗

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  338 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5700, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5700

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 25, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ddbc17275864dc44c3410b20c5a1d319af4f95062c4121c53c845c888996931

  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 November 25, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5700, last updated November 25, 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.