To provide for the authorities of the Secretary of State.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5244.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Pages H4238-H4239):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 under the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  119 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5244, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  00f9b10cd52046fe9d43052ede640c6c2e8625a174a5b6eb6d2b059245c52163

  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 December 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5244, last updated December 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.