American Space SAFE Management Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6226.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6226, American Space Situational Awareness and Framework for Entity Management Act” on July 23, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 27, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54237

  CBO publication date

  July 23, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6226, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1106 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on December 22, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1106

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6226, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d0be9ec688b096c0079fecea1092dce50a2505653c3ff1d380d2a56075550d1

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 107, June 26, 2018, Page H5749):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  301 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6226, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d0be9ec688b096c0079fecea1092dce50a2505653c3ff1d380d2a56075550d1

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6226, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.