Department of State Authorization Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1157.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1157, Department of State Authorization Act of 2021” on April 26, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 25, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 26, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57169

  CBO publication date

  April 26, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1157, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4a50777588952f4339dedfd20be07d337fb40b200639ac54ae8512a95c0b476

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-33 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 13, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 13, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/33

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1157, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4a50777588952f4339dedfd20be07d337fb40b200639ac54ae8512a95c0b476

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 31, February 18, 2021, Page H538):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1157, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4a50777588952f4339dedfd20be07d337fb40b200639ac54ae8512a95c0b476

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1157, last updated May 28, 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.