To amend title 32, United States Code, to establish the FireGuard Program as a program of record of the National Guard.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5615.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WHITESIDES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4503):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  110 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5615, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05b472a0377c6ec5de7ba4f2799cc4b5da6ed0f308391daf03df721f8390ed26

  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. 5615, 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.