Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6102.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6102 , Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2022” on September 26, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on March 16, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58519

  CBO publication date

  September 26, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6102, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6102

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8999cd377beaa9d4eb92988c47005d23e042cd404419597624c9facb975503d3

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-589 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on December 2, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/589

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6102, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6102

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8999cd377beaa9d4eb92988c47005d23e042cd404419597624c9facb975503d3

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 207, December 1, 2021, Page H6859):
  Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2021 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  241 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6102, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6102

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8999cd377beaa9d4eb92988c47005d23e042cd404419597624c9facb975503d3

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6102, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.