Stop RFK’s BS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5609.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEVENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4503):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5609, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8a56750d093f66369dda366999c5e6fbddac15f80a8a8f52d4b8ff0eaf9e3753

  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 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5609, last updated December 16, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.