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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5982.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 171, October 18, 2023, Page H5029):
  Pursuant to clause 7(c)(1) of Rule XII and Section 3(c)o f H. Res. 5 the following Statement's are submitted regarding (1) the specific powers granted to Congress in the U.S. Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution and (2) the single subject of the bill or joint resolution. The single subject of this legislation is: To preserve visa access for eligible U.S. embassy employees abroad to immigrate to the U.S. after 15 years of service to the United States government.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 18, 2023 ↗

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  492 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5982, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5982

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  694b87359f517e650797eff0b4bc84c304ad5a698076e477d1928057a14f9fc4

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5982, last updated December 5, 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.