Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6358.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 117, July 12, 2018, Page H6175):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6358, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6358

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  09f3621de699e19a78c2c59594dccfc041e1dd22b76fe41e71ef9fe618b83e6f

  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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6358, 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.