Mens Rea Reform Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 59.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 59, Mens Rea Reform Act” on May 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 10, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62478

  CBO publication date

  May 27, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 59, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/59

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  376b48818c06bc24421808a4c5ac2ea0d717e859abeb38283200c52803ba8368

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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. BIGGS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H37):
  Artcile 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this bill is to specify the state of mind required for conviction for criminal offenses that lack an expressly identified state of mind.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  222 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 59, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/59

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  376b48818c06bc24421808a4c5ac2ea0d717e859abeb38283200c52803ba8368

  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 May 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 59, last updated May 27, 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.