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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5696.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 164, October 6, 2025, Page H4523):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article II, Section 2, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  66 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5696, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5696

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  729a572c94d99dd7683d9c4401cbd56120372982c84856b5d829face0811f937

  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 January 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5696, last updated January 14, 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.