Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2981.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STARK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6343):
  Clause 4, Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2981, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2981

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef67d710d0604c2492e45546dea34cc4f1d66f5e4daf7ab898578545da84155c

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2981, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.