RaD Fund Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6801.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 153, September 13, 2018, Page H8726):
  (1) 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; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) To borrow money on the credit of the United States, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution; (3) To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; (4) To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2018 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6801, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6801

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f7053e4008aca0426aa31e28c2e2ee8b4b2b05cbdd2baa95504469fc6e604d8

  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. 6801, 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.