To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 973.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1665):
  Article III, Section 2--The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority . . .
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 19, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  223 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 973, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/973

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 19, 2021

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c5ca91cd83db218660bbc07810eb93aec6603232ab7227ae64216343c82d9cd7

  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 19, 2021). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 973, last updated April 19, 2021. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.