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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10357.

• 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. 170, No. 184, December 11, 2024, Pages H7111-H7112):
  Congressman Joaquin Castro Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8. POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign Affairs Administration
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  348 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10357, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10357

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19dc9e957dab9da603be7f2bec94e326111ea9d364d9e6e97622dbbcca5a505e

  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 September 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10357, last updated September 9, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.