ARMAS Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6736.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 212, December 16, 2025, Page H5942):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  423 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6736, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6736

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  675258b7f8d31484f173ecbf394df422d99b841d593dc1122f7b652a2be7d057

  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 October 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6736, last updated October 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 10, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.