To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards under the Department of State's rewards program relating to information regarding individuals or entities engaged in activities in contravention of United States or United Nations sanctions, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4802.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4802, a bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards under the Department of State’s rewards program relating to information regarding individuals or entities engaged in activities in contravention of United S” on December 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2019 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55919

  CBO publication date

  December 5, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4802, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4802

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a6d2de90639b0443237b1bb3a1a64537221c61ad0c87d662b857241d26849773

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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. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 168, October 23, 2019, Page H8457):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 23, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4802, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4802

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a6d2de90639b0443237b1bb3a1a64537221c61ad0c87d662b857241d26849773

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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of January 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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