PACTS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6442.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6442, PACTS Act” on November 14, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported on July 13, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58770

  CBO publication date

  November 14, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6442, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6442

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  67760553cc2d550586d0fcbe7be7eaadb5a85eed085ec0ac951243e32d431db7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-601 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 7, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/601

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6442, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6442

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  67760553cc2d550586d0fcbe7be7eaadb5a85eed085ec0ac951243e32d431db7

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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. FULCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 13, January 20, 2022, Page H289):
  Congress has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to the power granted under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 20, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  190 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6442, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6442

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  67760553cc2d550586d0fcbe7be7eaadb5a85eed085ec0ac951243e32d431db7

  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. 6442, last updated April 7, 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.