International Human Rights Defense Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 590.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOWENTHAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H663):
  Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 590, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/590

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ce9d31aa8cdc8970a0a257842957ab310b712fc1fb30b63ced6d6d096c723d8a

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 590, last updated December 5, 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.