PREP Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6500.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 196, November 29, 2023, Page H5983):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Education for incarcerated individuals
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6500, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  224509110b405e38688b55231df20e0b8b90f6e27d2c5ebf2b111a0731ef0f15

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6500, last updated December 5, 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.