To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian mainland.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6313.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6313, a bill to promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian mainland” on September 14, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As amended by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 12, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 14, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43617

  CBO publication date

  September 14, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6313, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6313

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  179869a8344a05f2082969e743d226d9e049bf1a87c0d1b885c933aa9c85661a

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• 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 1 Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  39 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6313, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6313

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  179869a8344a05f2082969e743d226d9e049bf1a87c0d1b885c933aa9c85661a

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6313, 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.