Bridges not Bumpers Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6531.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 207, December 9, 2025, Page H5112):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6531, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6531

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20fe98122318fd3a4fec6f1af3382deab50fbf95c19d16663344c2bf00692ffa

  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 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6531, last updated February 3, 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.