To prohibit expending Federal funds for the Special Counsel's Office of John L. Smith.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4707.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GAETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 123, July 18, 2023, Page H3701):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits the expending of funds for the Special Counsel's Office of John L. Smith.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2023 ↗

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  192 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4707, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4707

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d23f14d7962ed1d1fb5ef17074cbfeb7d7b3792b1a250ba27ae53621e99f9e48

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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