To repeal the Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022 and the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act of 2016.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5242.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5242, a bill to repeal the Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022 and the Incarceration Reduction Amendment of 2016” 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/61799

  CBO publication date

  October 3, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5242, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  459ade3a10ff0ff269ccce70a5d94154d55cb9f1d24415da83477d8cdbc91892

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-341 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on October 14, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/341

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5242, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  459ade3a10ff0ff269ccce70a5d94154d55cb9f1d24415da83477d8cdbc91892

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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. KUSTOFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4238):
  Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clasue. Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Governmen of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof,
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  315 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5242, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  459ade3a10ff0ff269ccce70a5d94154d55cb9f1d24415da83477d8cdbc91892

  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. 5242, last updated July 22, 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.