Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4507.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4507, Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2020” on October 20, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 1, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56691

  CBO publication date

  October 20, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4507, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4507

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb50d4cd0bcd795c6380e5d558a86e6f43c254480e73f9d6797c193520ec8fdc

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 156, September 26, 2019, Page H8055):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4507, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4507

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb50d4cd0bcd795c6380e5d558a86e6f43c254480e73f9d6797c193520ec8fdc

  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 committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4507, 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.