Free Speech Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6195.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCALISE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6104):
  The First Amendment guarantees both free speech and the free exercise of religion. The Free Speech Fairness Act restores these fundamental liberties to churches and nonprofits.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗

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  176 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6195, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6195

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc0978f98282051e1b8de129231f6bddfb3d0bad245f7346ece3767a6fe831ea

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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