RUSSIA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1254.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H972):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is international affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  242 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1254, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  88c67f22a4f64abce4d232228994735fd21a665f5b80f51e2abd1ded18961957

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1254, last updated July 24, 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.