Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5967.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5967, Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act” on October 16, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 16, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62864

  CBO publication date

  October 16, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5967, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5967

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5378e481c10d20746f7339d3a6f915dd23e43c9058b507fa6d1aa479dd2b1924

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENENDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 187, November 7, 2025, Page H4586):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5967, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5967

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5378e481c10d20746f7339d3a6f915dd23e43c9058b507fa6d1aa479dd2b1924

  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 October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5967, last updated October 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.