Bridge the Gap for Rural Communities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5710.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAWFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 166, October 8, 2025, Page H4528):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5710, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5710

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91ee9f742db28af00dfb51fbcf87d876f0eb3f29ac506bfae1e59477624c0f40

  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 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5710, last updated June 4, 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.