Fed Integrity and Independence Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5499.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4457):
  To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  307 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5499, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 26, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18641065ee647dbd4f14e908cc44152dee7e2e80b5b375248234c5cd77538321

  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 26, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5499, last updated February 26, 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.