Air Force Budget Transparency Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6229.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 48, March 12, 2020, Page H1670):
  The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8 which states: ``The Congress shall have power . . . to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 12, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  174 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6229, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6229

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  67629ad6056df28f5b1736856ec65866df3f79ecd8d12295b2b7826edd012533

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6229, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.