To require a report on the death of Shireen Abu Akleh.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3477.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2457):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The Justice for Shireen Act is bill to seek justice for the death of an American journalist killed abroad.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  163 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3477, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3477

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  50b76c13dca9e49a9c75fb219ad653ebaa23338cd3b7ce1ee114ddf32e4c79c9

  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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