To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4703.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HULTGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4785):
  ``clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution''--to regulate Commerce with Nations and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes. and ``clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution''--to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers. . .
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  319 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4703, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4703

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12f08f1b188078ea243f6b5be0f41397f54218b203522857550f3dc43a56be82

  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 January 23, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4703, last updated January 23, 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.