Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Infecting Americans Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6519.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRENSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 73, April 17, 2020, Page H1894):
  Article I, Section 8: ``Provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;'' ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  205 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6519, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6519

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0fc6b92d92ba3e9993f580a3d193f7530f287be9cf21d2c137682de53e6afbc

  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. 6519, 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.