BRIDGE for Workers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5861.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5861, BRIDGE for Workers Act” on November 17, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 2, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59771

  CBO publication date

  November 17, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5861, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5861

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-277 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on November 21, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 21, 2023 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/277

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5861, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5861

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 161, October 2, 2023, Page H4951):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution--Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Power, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill extends reemployment services and eligibility assessments to all claimants for unemployment benefits, as opposed to just those identified as likely to exhaust their regular compensation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  544 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5861, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5861

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  aa9864746104d35318cd1821fc2e9edaa5561e2f98fb340fa32b449bcb1f507b

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