Nelson Wells Jr. and Dawn Michelle Hunt Unjustly Detained in Communist China Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5491.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4457):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5491, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ce3a2b2c2c4c73a25b891d4036542be8ae85d34308af7c20b29010c72e1a7d35

  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 January 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5491, last updated January 23, 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.