Defending Against Foreign Propaganda Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5956.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 187, November 7, 2025, Page H4586):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5956, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5956

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  791189f8ec903179e747c5f2ab9b7e9e0963bc6453b404dd6c8f278763a365f1

  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 October 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5956, last updated October 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 3, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.