Baseball Diplomacy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 738.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SERRANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 19, February 4, 2015, Page H813):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which gives Congress the power ``To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  395 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 738, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f26d665e25a600ca55a2e3ab737c05e7b30d06428e3d7127444a0dc64dc00313

  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. 738, last updated August 12, 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.