International Human Rights Defense Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1857.

• 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. 165, No. 51, March 25, 2019, Page H2796):
  Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  344 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1857, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a83817a95533d909289da02d686c96e64a056dfe3fae6583475037e814d97803

  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. 1857, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.