Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5258.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):
  The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section 1, Clause 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  251 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5258, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5258

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97aa92a2d32688b7c896f031b1a7bac46279fd8efa54d6aede5d6cdc8d727656

  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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5258, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.