Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 560.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H552):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is pursuant to the following: (1) 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 Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.'' (2) Article I, Section 1--All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  563 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 560, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/560

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba680717a68b60a81f3f6591fce110d7b7b2ae882ddcf2dbc2f6cb4e28bdccea

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 560, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.