Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6040.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BOEBERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 176, October 25, 2023, Page H5106):
  Article 1 Section 8: 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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: This bill prohibits the use of Federal funds for gender transition research for minors.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  413 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6040, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6040

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  826c9cae07915c9db4001fb7dbb86a5ae95ac57989fa42a59cc1584c321eeea4

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6040, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.