To approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6164.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5130):
  Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  47 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6164, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6164

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  47f0c2aa329505a260bf893001ddee445a98ccfa20e897b6b29b0dac2f4cb14a

  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 January 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6164, last updated January 15, 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.