To amend title 49, United States Code, to grant the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico eligibility to issue commercial driver's licenses, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5656.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4510):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5656, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6d6697c21cd11fa924d57c4e1abf6d8cd9acb288ecbfa9fe07b21586af490a75

  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 June 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5656, last updated June 15, 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.