International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4573.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3447):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, as sex offenders are traveling in foreign commerce.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  117 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4573, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4573

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  639932828c0883835c54398b89c7f46905d69bdbf2876f5c7ddc61a85d92b88a

  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 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4573, last updated April 7, 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.