Puerto Rico Status Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8393.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-642 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 14, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 14, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/642

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8393, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8393

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8f8b0ea75e12f0195fda32576090c6d01488d4aa65a28b685ceee8f8799f0d1

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 117, July 15, 2022, Page H6680):
  Article. IV. Section. 3. Clause 2. ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all of the needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or the Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  337 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8393, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8393

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8f8b0ea75e12f0195fda32576090c6d01488d4aa65a28b685ceee8f8799f0d1

  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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8393, 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.