Putin Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6422.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 12, January 19, 2022, Page H253):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 19, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  270 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6422, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6422

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ed708c0247e13a1f7e16730d516b29bc49b1780d822c15400731ee7189bf086

  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. 6422, last updated January 3, 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.