To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 7, title 20, and title 43, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5204.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5204, a bill to make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 7, title 20, and title 43, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors” on February 3, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 3, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62069

  CBO publication date

  February 3, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5204, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5204

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  065f7fa14a415fb9a649f2a451a399c575b454628bb6a525b46905d89c8d1a81

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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. MOSKOWITZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):
  Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee find the authority for this legislation in article 1, section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5204, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5204

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  065f7fa14a415fb9a649f2a451a399c575b454628bb6a525b46905d89c8d1a81

  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 committee report (as of August 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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