No Federal Funding for CCP Spying and Persuasion In Education Settings (SPIES) Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3889.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 99, June 7, 2023, Page H2779):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress). The single subject of this legislation is: Confucius Institutes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  334 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3889, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3889

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  160775c09e721a85bb2917dbf106f04e86354ebf6a439590a2928bb4cb74c335

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3889, last updated December 5, 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.