Assessing China’s Presence and Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2479.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 63, April 13, 2021, Page H1737):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 1, which gives Congress the power to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States. Article I, Section 8, clause 3, which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States. Article I, Section 8, clause 18, which gives Congress the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  440 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2479, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2479

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ed527c68a798e5c47af1f0572ef43ad529dd4079683496a14d124fedbe0d920

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2479, last updated January 3, 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.