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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6491.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CULBERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6277):
  General Welfare Clause Article I, Section 8 The Commerce Clause. Necessary and Proper Clause
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  92 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6491, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  264497d739934a48ae3cde384b6ced322eeae3eef57351ff4f116253b2dfd1e0

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6491, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.