Protect Patriot Spouses Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4722.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 123, July 18, 2023, Page H3701):
  Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To render certain military spouses eligible for adjustment of status, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4722, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bd4d3286ca83fc350bbe1ee3735edca46488f8d94ed051762dfc225a0a852e19

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4722, last updated December 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.