To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 185.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 185, A bill to terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes” on February 6, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on January 9, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58931

  CBO publication date

  February 6, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 185, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/185

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19615b27fe3d0e261b5dfd8ab9cdfcf3ce31736d2d3db39549349c3a364c4cff

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H112):
  Article 1, section 9, clause 7 which states: ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law . . . . .'' and Article l, Section 8, which gives Congress the authority to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations,'' and to ``provide for the general welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  323 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 185, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/185

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19615b27fe3d0e261b5dfd8ab9cdfcf3ce31736d2d3db39549349c3a364c4cff

  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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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