Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6394.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6394, Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act” on December 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61140

  CBO publication date

  December 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6394, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6394

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4202fd5d856ded57b622bf23ea85e1faa9589d9bcd019ec86eae068603632d2c

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-755 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on November 19, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/755

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6394, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6394

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4202fd5d856ded57b622bf23ea85e1faa9589d9bcd019ec86eae068603632d2c

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 187, November 13, 2023, Page H5730):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for the creation of a Congressional time capsule in commemoration of the Semiquincentennial of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  433 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6394, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6394

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4202fd5d856ded57b622bf23ea85e1faa9589d9bcd019ec86eae068603632d2c

  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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