To require that the Chief Information Officer of the Bureau of Information Resources submit an annual report that lists all the information technology procurement awards and contracts that were awarded over $10,000,000.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6256.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAIRD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 184, November 7, 2023, Page H5544):
  ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To requires that the Chief Information Officer of the Bureau of Information Resources submit an annual report that lists all the information technology procurement awards and contract that were awarded over $10,000,000 and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6256, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  440ea18649548fd30bcd31147b68e0ae99e7d31e6a04ab21c140992d07af65fb

  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 November 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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