To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4531.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 24, February 10, 2016, Page H710):
  Under Article I, section 8 of the Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  68 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4531, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4531

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0dded0856f335abfde11a72cd61ed4402f2d3b9f300e6a70b1994aec99bd9378

  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. 4531, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.