Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4901.

• 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. 165, No. 171, October 29, 2019, Page H8595):
  The Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, of the U.S. Constitution, which provide as follows: New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; . . . 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
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 29, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  366 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4901, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4901

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b5a8763285f122a20864c25330427e02cb8b63f78300434f0b1727e3968b44f

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4901, last updated April 7, 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.