To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 440.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOLF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H471):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, which states: ``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'' Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, which states: ``[The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 28, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  1,071 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 440, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/440

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21b86ce38fc5fad434924c478f511081be75ac59c6cb78b1317e8529e0f6a1e6

  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 April 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 440, last updated April 28, 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.