GIRLS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6953.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 160, September 27, 2018, Page H9152):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6953, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6953

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c20409661b3cecce9aef396b1972775b4e97abe6bac9b5cbfa7acd40659d33ec

  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. 6953, 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.