Geospatial Data Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6294.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6107):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6294, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6294

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7188464ddb815536149bb1de79abc050a4102055c74bda0b14646df6993205dc

  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 10, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6294, last updated December 10, 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.