Derek M. Hodge Virgin Islands Improvement Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3821.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H72):
  ``Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States provides that All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives and Section 8, Clause 1 grants Congress the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  366 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3821, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3821

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  83dff47b26cf0aa0f231dc6f683244082c6656ec430a41d6ce136f4e3fa488a6

  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 December 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3821, last updated December 9, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.