Protecting International Pipelines for Energy Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6173.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 212, December 8, 2021, Page H7556):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 states that Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 8, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6173, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6173

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0b40c3ed154b3ab9484396c1bcccf2a2ee5398ce6651db183cf06be96b9c4b0

  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 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6173, last updated January 15, 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.