Safe Return Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5955.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 168, October 13, 2023, Page H5013):
  section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish a repatriation grant program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  193 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5955, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5955

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b0dd5dd305316cd217b6b53527924129d10e706ef7101d27460e19f76465f492

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5955, last updated July 24, 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.