Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6431.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 173, December 2, 2016, Page H7144):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 2, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  206 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6431, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6431

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  849c015f85adc83b38da89ef5668e290654ad0ca12f308419a69fe9a1567b284

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6431, last updated January 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.