To extend the supplemental security income benefits program to Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 91.

• 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 H36):
  ``Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States grant Congress the authority to make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  212 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 91, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/91

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4fd3b1a65643d37cfc1d4a38557911185774a866b64683b107615acb0143b3da

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 91, last updated January 3, 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.