District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5179.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5179, District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025” on October 3, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 10, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61796

  CBO publication date

  October 3, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5179, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87ea623279b605986eb0bbc6bbc3143d1e5441de4aa9ba7ef6fed2eb1358dd1a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-316 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 30, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/316

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5179, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87ea623279b605986eb0bbc6bbc3143d1e5441de4aa9ba7ef6fed2eb1358dd1a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5179, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87ea623279b605986eb0bbc6bbc3143d1e5441de4aa9ba7ef6fed2eb1358dd1a

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5179, last updated June 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.