To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the inclusion of unmarried women in the criteria for awarding a grant to a women's business center.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6398.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISRAEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 170, November 29, 2016, Page H6365):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  143 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6398, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  49c09c7e587f122e01596bb97428f6654f5a9dec42f43872d06b0454d7fd43fc

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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