District of Columbia Clemency Home Rule Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5698.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 164, October 6, 2025, Page H4523):
  Clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5698, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5698

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 29, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  92bb625d649d2d359008bb79865fbb66c3be462553fab4c78f524076da9791d6

  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 April 29, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5698, last updated April 29, 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.