Uniform Standards Protection Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5581.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4502):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: 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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5581, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5581

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ad5ffa0baaa3f6f5a44ffd646b6e66e6f0b2db44cf686c155e4b9e30e82223d

  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 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5581, last updated February 24, 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.