ASCEND Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6219.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-603 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on July 23, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/603

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6219, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cf62f3f44097ba46150fef774e44d0d88d586865daa724beb96e502f33b7906d

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 182, November 3, 2023, Page H5404):
  Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and imagery in order to satisfy the scientific operational, and educational requirements of the Administration, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  397 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6219, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cf62f3f44097ba46150fef774e44d0d88d586865daa724beb96e502f33b7906d

  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 (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6219, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.