BUILD Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5796.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 174, October 21, 2025, Page H4548):
  Pursuant to clause 3 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Congress finds the authority for this legislation in the following provisions of the Constitution: Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, which provides Congress the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, and to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  614 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5796, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5796

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4b3eb0f560f5fd9f975d1d27d4c06e14d2d33f33d5784ce92aa00d49d67da056

  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 February 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5796, last updated February 18, 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.