To provide for the management authorities of the Department of State.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5245.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page 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. 5245, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4f69279ed31a4159a8684806964866926b731c415dfa17c81c5bdace6a1e3cf6

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5245, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 11, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.