Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3536.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2459):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign Affairs
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  79 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3536, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3536

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  724a6334b41073db787e12b829a7d6e59136bd02c9c9253866cec12f7b4e002d

  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. 3536, 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.