Troops Before Politicians Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5942.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 167, October 12, 2023, Page H5008):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To withhold the pay of Members of Congress in certain cases, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  182 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5942, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5942

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3dc0405893d0e07d1e8d091a52ddeb9ad6d3bfd6843081f8e7057ce71dc70dbb

  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 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5942, last updated August 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.