Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 596.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 596, Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act” on March 11, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 7, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55029

  CBO publication date

  March 11, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 596, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc9023346e0abd7a1503429a3b9d67ee98a19c6c5c8d22467dd52226f802be90

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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. 9, January 16, 2019, Page H677):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the authority delineated in Article I, Section I, which includes an implied power for the Congress to regulate the conduct of the United States with respect to foreign affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  212 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 596, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc9023346e0abd7a1503429a3b9d67ee98a19c6c5c8d22467dd52226f802be90

  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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 596, last updated May 28, 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.