[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 183 (Monday, November 6, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BAIRD:
       H.R. 6237.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative 
     powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by 
     the Constitution in the Government of the United States or 
     any Department or Office thereof.''
       The single subject of this legislation is:
       To allow Federal State Department employees to file a 
     confidential or open report on any fiscal waste that they 
     come across and establishes an award program for exemplary 
     employees who file non-confidential reports on wasteful 
     spending and for other purposes.