To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations or a United Nations agency if the United Nations or such agency supports the recognition of an independent Palestinian state, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2261.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCOTTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4365):
  Under Article I, Section 8, 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 the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  306 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2261, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2261

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 7, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a2dcdc624eb27544f29c4b90e5c48c7d6cfb552c06dfa875cb6331513fccf29

  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 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2261, last updated February 7, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.