Inventor Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6557.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROHRABACHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 126, July 26, 2018, Page H7725):
  Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power . . . To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  230 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6557, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5539de81ddd97a47ef31300d09d3596f0ac9004ccafda5aa38dd2c40cc399ee6

  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. 6557, 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.