CUBA Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2638.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIMENEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 63, April 17, 2023, Page H1760):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Cuban-American Unrecognized Bravery Act of 2023--To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain individuals who participated in the invasion of the Bay of Pigs, Cuba, in April, 1961, as veterans for the purposes of eligibility for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  357 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2638, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b7d75a6f0fa60e7eaf8d6099a5da726e6acb27384d0483848830602d04798e6

  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. 2638, 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.