Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6163.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 180, November 1, 2023, Page H5230):
  Clause 17 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would revise references to individuals with intellectual disabilities in title 11 of the District of Columbia Code
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  223 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6163, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6163

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e8a2f54b94bd47e8bac78da5262a7beabd21f50389643858ecf96a46b45ccb8

  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. 6163, 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.