SMART Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6954.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 94, May 19, 2020, Page H2271):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  88 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6954, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6954

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5e8a11ff871a2ac15687b85d231ea70e6de769fd2042f8f9d20cc9ae907f7049

  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 December 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6954, last updated December 9, 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.