Citizen Vote Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4597.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 120, July 13, 2023, Page H3575):
  Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: The Citizen Vote Protection Act amends the REAL ID Act to require states to include an indication of citizenship on state-issued identification. Nothing in this section would mandate or establish the use of a national identification card or authorize any part of the executive branch to establish or mandate the same.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4597, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4597

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d33477bb624f72d454a2b2ff6b4d98bdaa6640e08df8beaf24c28be3b2f138c3

  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.

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