Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6169.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOUSTANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 145, September 26, 2016, Page H5913):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution: ``To regulate Commerce with Foreign nations and among several states, and with the Indian Tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  165 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6169, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6169

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  585d3b5c4a3689ca2b246ab10d083220a35908e870c0727a3644cc4d8522654d

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6169, last updated December 3, 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.