Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5259.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTA, 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 clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; and clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  233 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5259, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b0a34b8247c5e71f539d8af6c43869b7db137368977466d3c61f915148ef7a6e

  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 February 5, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5259, last updated February 5, 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.