Public Diplomacy Modernization Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2159.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WATKINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 61, April 9, 2019, Page H3218):
  Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2159, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2159

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e0c404105408769c66942cc6877a537bbee19343871410e3aa75622ad345fbb

  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. 2159, last updated January 3, 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.