To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States, which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6308.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 198, November 25, 2025, Page H4902):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 25, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6308, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6308

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17f1e2dad8811412b3a15a39cf7ac18b276901ef63f7dff8afbb3ae847c6f03c

  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 January 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6308, last updated January 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.