To require a report on merits and options for establishing an institute relating to space resources, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6638.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FOUSHEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 209, December 11, 2025, Page H5810):
  Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  35 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6638, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  60d423975eafceec303be9b460a897257b25a679d17de942b82b2fa2a66593c1

  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 April 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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