To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to adjust the timing of the Congressional summer adjournment, and other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5459.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4456):
  Article I, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5459, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6bd2954b1542df84e4796fe71222a4e0f2236c2bd18902dab915599009623c7a

  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 19, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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