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Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4255.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3073):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure that Foreign Service officers are evaluated and given opportunities for advancement based on their conformance to merit system principles, to require the review of Performance Improvement Plans during tenure and promotion appraisals of Foreign Service officers, and to eliminate the requirement for the inclusion of a public member on selection
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗

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  429 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4255, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  67af7df62e45d420cb170a79502e59110cc75dbe021171d42ecb71a579594edf

  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. 4255, 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.