Protecting America From Spies Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6286.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 185, November 8, 2023, Page H5652):
  Article 1, section 8, clause 4 and clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill is related to the denial of visas to individuals who have committed acts of espionage or intellectual property theft against the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  267 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6286, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6286

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6347e65cc0f27f2920e87a3c1517b8428edfa801690b0ff9999d8164ac8c65ea

  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 June 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6286, last updated June 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.