To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on participation in educational and cultural exchange programs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6428.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6428, a bill to require the Secretary of State to submit a report on participation in educational and cultural exchange programs” on April 14, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 26, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62314

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6428, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6428

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4750cea125d27e313b89c3c86feea53e0d3ea92279db7e589bfe315d8d98cf27

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5051):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6428, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6428

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4750cea125d27e313b89c3c86feea53e0d3ea92279db7e589bfe315d8d98cf27

  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 committee report (as of May 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6428, last updated May 4, 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.