To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities in class action lawsuits by federally funded entities involving such residents and in Department of Justice actions that could result in an agreement to move such a resident from that resident's facility.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6786.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 152, September 12, 2018, Page H8171):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Article III, Section 1 Article III, Section 2, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2018 ↗

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  86 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6786, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8171e0d0dcc7b451e024668234a613f575484134c93e5fd7eab6d16d4e108535

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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