To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government shutdown.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5705.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 166, October 8, 2025, Page H4528):
  Article I.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  10 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5705, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c921a81c0f5b27b0e464922a76a605ab798139bf6bd6629e9cb3da8af0345ab0

  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.

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