DEA Order Clearinghouse Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6600.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 126, July 26, 2018, Page H7726):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides that Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes; 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 July 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  587 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6600, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6600

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  89d2e542dabb865e8a67cbcd9b76539faee5375808070be9e1f033e465b9a7f2

  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 December 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6600, last updated December 4, 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.