For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 631.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 631, Relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar” on September 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 9, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56614

  CBO publication date

  September 22, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 631, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/631

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-595 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 19, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 19, 2020 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/595

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 631, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/631

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 9, January 16, 2019, Page H678):
  Article I, Section VIII--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 ofthe United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  255 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 631, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/631

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2c092a5a76e3eefeb64714d3fc4a3dc3d942155a660bc82f1d51c00f02b1ec5e

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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