Patriot Retention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6473.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 67, April 7, 2020, Page H1879):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the power to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  183 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6473, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6a6bba62779e2f0ec57fe0e55ac6839516c7e20215058225c82e47163351c66

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6473, last updated June 6, 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.