Combating Pandemic Scams Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6435.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-591 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 17, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 17, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/591

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6435, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6435

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20aa5c0b3739f648b3996003434c17b039056982eb85275ee719701e1a0aa716

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 65, April 3, 2020, Page H1875):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  229 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6435, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6435

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20aa5c0b3739f648b3996003434c17b039056982eb85275ee719701e1a0aa716

  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 (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6435, 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.