American Border Story Memorial Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6643.

• 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. 209, December 11, 2025, Page H5810):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the power ``To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6643, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6643

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 26, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4b5473a66545066abfbc319a98e16514f6ffec26c1abaaaa516dea354a725b8b

  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 26, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6643, last updated February 26, 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.