Formally apologizing for the nuclear legacy of the United States in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and affirming the importance of free association between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Marshall Islands.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 202.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 138, September 6, 2024, Pages H5033-H5034):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Formally apologizing for the nuclear legacy of the United States in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and affirming the importance of free association between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Marshall Islands.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  305 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 202, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/202

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fa3cfefedf358305c73bdcbedccce516dd44edbb61e08f27a809350533ab4df

  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 October 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 202, last updated October 9, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.