PETITION Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6355.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1105 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources 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/1105

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6355, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6355

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  326deeca3b46450d6368743dd9e17977f487dd7c07f4e822524896bf9561b131

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 117, July 12, 2018, Page H6174):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause) which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the states. If the matter in question is not purely a local matter (intra-state) or if it has an impact on interstate commerce, it falls within the Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce. National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S._(2012);
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  385 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6355, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6355

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  326deeca3b46450d6368743dd9e17977f487dd7c07f4e822524896bf9561b131

  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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6355, last updated April 7, 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.