Defund the OTF Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3191.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 79, May 10, 2023, Page H2246):
  Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the availability of federal funds for the Open Technology Fund
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  175 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3191, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3191

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dab9227266bf8c79df4bc35e477fafa51264820a18461c446a85164b866f645f

  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 August 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3191, last updated August 20, 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.