Freeing Americans Detained Abroad Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4478.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 116, July 6, 2023, Page H3172):
  The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To reform practices and policies within the State Department as it relates to cases of U.S. citizens being arbitraritly detained abroad.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  271 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4478, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4478

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  22d139cf7eeb2a74b2c8ab8d25fa8e976f9ed649e36826d66e81816305149138

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4478, last updated May 27, 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.