To require the Administrator of the General Services Administration to submit a report describing a process for seeking public comment about proposed changes to mandatory design standards for public buildings, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6317.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6317, a bill to require the Administrator of the General Services Administration to submit a report describing a process for seeking public comment about proposed changes to mandatory design standards for public buildings, and for other purposes” on January 29, 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 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59922

  CBO publication date

  January 29, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6317, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6317

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  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. 118-409 ↗. 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/409

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6317, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6317

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  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 Ms. TITUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 185, November 8, 2023, Page H5653):
  The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Public Buildings
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  172 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6317, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6317

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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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