BLUE Pacific Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4538.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 118, July 11, 2023, Page H3207):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To support a long term, sustained strategy of US engagement in the Pacific Islands.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  146 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4538, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b91814b87d1f4f6dafc35da0f4f4f1dacabc2f6d499da8aa230f40cd75e9579

  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 August 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4538, last updated August 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.