To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under such Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5853.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5853, a bill to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under such Act” on August 28, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 22, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 28, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62734

  CBO publication date

  August 28, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5853, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5853

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a063704c0eb5cee5fa91c956839b896829943736142c7c34f18ae5aada1397d2

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 179, October 28, 2025, Page H4560):
  Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  149 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5853, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5853

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a063704c0eb5cee5fa91c956839b896829943736142c7c34f18ae5aada1397d2

  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 committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5853, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.