To direct the President to impose sanctions on the People's Republic of China.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3597.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SANTOS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 87, May 23, 2023, Page H2546):
  US Constitution, Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the President to impose sanctions on the People's Republic of China.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  158 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3597, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3597

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  377924a04afeaebbd456f26c5a5e56023ddaae843229fe1e432af3d2d157c852

  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 September 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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