MACA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6486.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 204, December 5, 2025, Page H5057):
  ``Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which provides Congress authority to direct the manner of conducting the decennial census.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  207 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6486, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6486

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c8cb6f280575acf16bac9981374d21c8cde99ffdde86bd9c5664a7538c88ecb

  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 February 5, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6486, last updated February 5, 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.