Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5996.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KUSTOFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 172, October 19, 2023, Page H5033):
  Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill will ensure no American taxpayer dollars will be authorized to the territory of Gaza until the President certifies to Congress that these funds can be spent without benefitting terrorist organizations.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5996, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  83dc503e42af1d3f99ffa36d4fd17544b53904f091fa47dba4a4c3157b0a218f

  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 June 23, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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