To rename a waterway in the State of New York as the "Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6125.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 100, June 15, 2018, Page H5225):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following : article 1 section 8, the necessary and proper clause
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  129 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6125, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6125

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1693e3e85ce67231d8ecabb09b4abd43ab0717974cbede66fc71b4f36121a23

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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