True Cost Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6889.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALOY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 211, December 22, 2023, Page H7007):
  Article I, Section 8 Clauses I and 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to require that annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit and of the public debt.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  292 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6889, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6889

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dfc3e0930638503c382ed2513737f26171cd2e5f05300d2d9ac57390ba249723

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6889, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.