PUNISH Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5912.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 164, October 6, 2023, Page H4991):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill extends sanctions and national emergencies related to Iran established by specified executive orders and limits the authority of the President to waive sanctions related to Iran.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2023 ↗

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  252 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5912, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5912

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1183eccb431c24ef4729c528df82bcfa5ec3ab8dd5278166157cd40f86ad5ed4

  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 January 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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