To amend titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code to authorize the establishment of units of the National Guard in American Samoa.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6294.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5709):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 14--to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces. Article I, Section 8, Clause 16--the Congress shall have Power To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. Article I, Section 8, Clause 15--the Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions. Article IV, Section…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  1,006 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6294, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6294

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  475c6ce1c1eb0cd0114d1173ead247fef99347d375b0fb63bedf534221c5ebe7

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6294, last updated June 6, 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.