To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6456.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUTTRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5052):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6456, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6456

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87c20cb8cbec51232315a8a4698a7b87c00931bdde743aaed730b4d453d22e26

  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 noteThe text of H.R.6456 is contained in the text of S.1071, which became Public Law 119-60.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 24, 2026 ↗

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  H.R. 6456, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6456

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87c20cb8cbec51232315a8a4698a7b87c00931bdde743aaed730b4d453d22e26

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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