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. 301.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEUGEBAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5347-H5349):
  Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 28, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 301, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/301

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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 noteFor further action, see S.653, which became Public Law 113-161 on 8/8/2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 28, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 301, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/301

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2b1356a00e1187d27c4750f297a1b5b4b55f8a726c4bd678d4506e0d7165cf3c

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.

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