Federal Grant Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6847.

• 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. 209, December 19, 2023, Page H6998):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill prohibits federal agencies from paying an indirect rate that is higher than the lowest rate paid to private organizations and requires reports on the indirect costs being awarded to provide more transparency to the process of federal grant making.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  321 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6847, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6847

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef3815981088d0f7b452a0dab2fed45997feb4656bef3bec601bcf5a518693cf

  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 July 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6847, last updated July 2, 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.