To exempt Federal actions related to the construction of infill housing from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5085.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRIEDMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 143, September 2, 2025, Page H3757):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5085, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5085

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e803bc16aeaf980eda95040d0ab9da1201df43ce1114e12a7373591d9b7d7f18

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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