BARCODE Efficiency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6956.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6956, BARCODE Efficiency Act” on April 21, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 20, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62371

  CBO publication date

  April 21, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6956, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6956

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a49a41a810abf2ffbda1796302a69d3ac577f7054c7adcc19be2bc0855497ea9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-508 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 20, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/508

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6956, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6956

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a49a41a810abf2ffbda1796302a69d3ac577f7054c7adcc19be2bc0855497ea9

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHNEIDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 4, January 7, 2026, Page H135):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6956, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6956

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a49a41a810abf2ffbda1796302a69d3ac577f7054c7adcc19be2bc0855497ea9

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6956, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.