National Commission on COVID-19 Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6429.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 65, April 3, 2020, Page H1875):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which gives Congress the power to spend for the general welfare of the United States; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several states; and Article I, Section 5, Clause 2, which gives Congress the power to determine the rules of its proceedings, a power the power to create commissions within the legislative branch.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  408 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6429, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6429

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a35c3794fe02c8dc2534677f98e097e796ba650ec9d7a40e5236b8350620dde8

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6429, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.