Represent America Abroad Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1096.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BASS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 31, February 18, 2021, Page H536):
  Article 1, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, providing--``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  222 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1096, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1096

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  086a6cce74a9319687978e6c1c71610b2bc408a4600b93391396d678655634c1

  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. 1096, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.