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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1438.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 44, March 8, 2023, Page H1207):
  Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18, necessary and proper The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign Government Accountability
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  128 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1438, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b4116be7b3ff971e46a5b3b95b4780ccb034d59a9df8ea4d452edaa37f19ecb

  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. 1438, 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.