To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to provide certain members of the Armed Forces with timely and relevant information via text message, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6490.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 204, December 5, 2025, Page H5057):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  43 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6490, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9cef8cd2108b173a1b12729506b419b67ac1d3e8aabb030e5b59b4a4462fc6c6

  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 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6490, last updated January 22, 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.