To require members of the Armed Forces performing active service in the District of Columbia in response to an order of the President which relates to crime or civil disturbance in the District of Columbia to participate in a program substantially similar to the Body-Worn Camera Program of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5051.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 141, August 26, 2025, Page H3712):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 26, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5051, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5051

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cbbc29b8106534c736e0135a36c5d8c8086ae1161864965bb84e03cdbd97d549

  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 September 19, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5051, last updated September 19, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.