To require the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a report containing information on extraordinary measures available when the debt of the United States Government approaches the statutory limit, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4651.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOUDERMILK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 121, July 14, 2023, Page H3613):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1, 2, and 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a report containing information on extraordinary measures available when the debt of the United States Government approaches the statutory limit.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2023 ↗

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  281 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4651, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4651

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5213e5a842c19a8412a2a351f17e920ec7c0667f46e15f17da177071a3dba24a

  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 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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