Smithsonian American Latino Museum Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6001.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BECERRA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 138, September 13, 2016, Page H5436):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which shall be necessary and propoer for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United State, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  300 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6001, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6001

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9351979335033227017dbe56b9d10486e6c2b8f13b90925a9993a345d1f5cf5e

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6001, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.