REAL Reform Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6194.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6194, REAL Reform Act of 2018” on October 23, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 27, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54617

  CBO publication date

  October 23, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6194, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6194

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f8b7998127b8892114cef733cabe3f2fea15c30a58a3a1a87cc2243bb80583a

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 105, June 22, 2018, Page H5581):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) and clause 17 (relating to authority over the district as the seat of government), and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  556 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6194, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6194

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f8b7998127b8892114cef733cabe3f2fea15c30a58a3a1a87cc2243bb80583a

  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 committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6194, last updated August 11, 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.