To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to the enforcement of certain safety requirements relating to commercial motor vehicle drivers, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5177.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DONALDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):
  Art 1, Sec 8 By Mr. DUNN of Florida H.R. 5178. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 3 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  177 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5177, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5177

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ecf439782c03f48743eca14270d7361eacdb2fe3c301b31be8fb7e1c3aa0dfa

  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 October 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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