Protecting Americans Abroad Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 731.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RADEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H549):
  This law is enacted pursuant to the following provisions of the United States Constitution: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18;
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  189 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 731, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/731

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a5949fe5bb46e44840dc3f3bd3d6d7ee693793d21c75d160e396018c08585e6a

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 731, last updated August 12, 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.