Latin America and Caribbean Nearshoring Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1704.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 52, March 22, 2023, Page H1328):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To nearshore certain manufacturing in the Western Hemisphere to reduce dependency on the People's Republic of China and to decrease illegal immigration.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1704, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1704

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca483e830e9adffcb79bba504f504dde29039305b77520b4637b9f91c359e6cf

  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.

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