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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6374.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6374, Fitness Information Transparency Act of 2018” on September 13, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on September 4, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54460

  CBO publication date

  September 13, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6374, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6374

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7f1fb9f7436e0d24547da6234ddf825ab97ffb0b5d42093f04b62af383bd46d0

• 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.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-913 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 4, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 4, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/913

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6374, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6374

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7f1fb9f7436e0d24547da6234ddf825ab97ffb0b5d42093f04b62af383bd46d0

  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. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 118, July 13, 2018, Page H6196):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution authorizes the Congress to enact laws providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States. This legislation implements uniform fitness standards to ensure contract employees hired by the Department of Homeland Security posses the requisite character and qualifications to defend the country.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  378 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6374, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6374

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7f1fb9f7436e0d24547da6234ddf825ab97ffb0b5d42093f04b62af383bd46d0

  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. 6374, 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.