Keep the Lights Local Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5487.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RILEY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4457):
  Article I Section VIII
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  22 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5487, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5487

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  56dddf69dd6cfd1bd167f6c71825191b58b9058eb4e47974b1bd7e9801c9d24b

  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 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5487, last updated September 18, 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.