PIPES Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6494.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-884 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 16, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/884

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6494, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6494

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03d99d3c2453ccc1756ceabc990c0a17715af208d53e73e40abe98a3167bf322

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 196, November 29, 2023, Page H5983):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. The single subject of this legislation is: To reauthorize the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  150 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6494, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6494

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03d99d3c2453ccc1756ceabc990c0a17715af208d53e73e40abe98a3167bf322

  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 (as of November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6494, last updated November 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.