To require investigations into and a report on the September 11-13, 2012, attacks on the United States missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6511.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6278):
  ``This bill follows the Constitutional prerogatives of Congress under Article I, Section 8, pertaining to the clauses to `provide for the common Defense' and `make Rules for the Government.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  191 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6511, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6511

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 7, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5711611cc4c417073828868b262c459fd085897e9f8c887b0fe3394c43d8145d

  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 February 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6511, last updated February 7, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.