Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 379.

• 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 1, Section 1, U.S. Constitution, which provide as follows: The Congress shall have Power To [ . . . ] provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; [ . . . ] To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; [ . . . ] 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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  578 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 379, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/379

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  784dce30fa227fccf3bf7ab0783e093fc3dc05ea002a752fa9075e25b7d9d4b7

  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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 379, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.