Transparency in Government Officials Trading Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6486.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 16, January 25, 2022, Page H302):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, that grants Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested by Congress in the Constitution of the United States or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  230 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6486, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6486

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  16f3f2de7a5684cdf12d4838d6eb1fa3c070b1589e4933dc8676f8fe1c4bea49

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6486, last updated February 4, 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.