Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of State Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4589.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4589, Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of State Act” on September 24, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57499

  CBO publication date

  September 24, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4589, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4589

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a62a4ba2c73970317e40c4e7117f4e34c1e640f5fa4a7d63fe87fb2881e36a6

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 128, July 21, 2021, Page H3803):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4589, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4589

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a62a4ba2c73970317e40c4e7117f4e34c1e640f5fa4a7d63fe87fb2881e36a6

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4589, 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.