To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the sources of the authority to issue regulations regarding certifications and other criteria applicable to legislative branch employees under Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6160.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARPER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 103, June 20, 2018, Page H5362):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6160, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6160

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc90ccab57dfea07d668a2bd8d5133df47e43e447980d8223c100466bb5c3e03

  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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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