To rescind the appropriation made to the Kennedy Center in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6407.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 61, March 27, 2020, Page H1865):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have power 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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2020 ↗

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  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6407, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6407

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d95921eafa8ae4288583e08db83f55e544657c46bb4abdb1fad17eb77053210

  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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