Sister City Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2724.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 65, April 19, 2023, Page H1888):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study of sister city partnerships.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  176 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2724, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2724

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  491510706aa915fbf71e1430f2703a54443f0cf0371ef2a9bec1dbef3a05b3db

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2724, last updated January 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.