READI Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6096.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6096, READI Act” on September 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56632

  CBO publication date

  September 24, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6096, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6096

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  603634cfcb0417d49681b192a41b2cf70e9e1e3545032a14603bc3294c5d6c72

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-582 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 16, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/582

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6096, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6096

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  603634cfcb0417d49681b192a41b2cf70e9e1e3545032a14603bc3294c5d6c72

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McNERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 44, March 5, 2020, Page H1536):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  111 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6096, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6096

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  603634cfcb0417d49681b192a41b2cf70e9e1e3545032a14603bc3294c5d6c72

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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