Public Buildings Accountability Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6254.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6254, Public Buildings Accountability Act of 2023” on January 16, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 15, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59886

  CBO publication date

  January 16, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6254, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-412 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 6, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/412

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6254, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 184, November 7, 2023, Page H5544):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States). The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a review on the Public Buildings Service, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  648 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6254, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ced919a5ecc4a4fa039ada634ef163f7d8f01a74151c11164b41bfba1d6bd67

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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