To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) from sequestration.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6692.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7424):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  99 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6692, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6692

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90060cca22c98554c8133904156ac7d2f53af7a0996e0fd0e364e4cd217113e1

  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.

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