Puerto Rico Film, Television, and Theatre Production Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 376.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 12, January 17, 2023, Page H244):
  The Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. Constitution, which provide as follows: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; [ . . . ]--And To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. Moreover, the Congress has the…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 376, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/376

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d17d1b3aefdea0d63db6d1141397d42b24df8d68bb7b29897506e69934574029

  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 June 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 376, last updated June 12, 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.