To enhance the eligibility of India for Foreign Military Sales and exports under the Arms Export Control Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4312.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 109, June 22, 2023, Page H3111):
  Article I Section VIII Clause III To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: Streamlines Foreign Military Sales to the Republic of India.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2023 ↗

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  238 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4312, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4312

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9a5d1c227efdad3ea70fcd380bed06828c32fb7d550df638bf818491cb6dbef0

  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.

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