Exposing China’s Support for the Taliban Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4765.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4765, Exposing China’s Support for the Taliban Act” on September 22, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 26, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59596

  CBO publication date

  September 22, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4765, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4765

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-328 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 19, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2023 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/328

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4765, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4765

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e9d8f89801bb33c9ba41b49efe24ed28fca025d92860a422adf5178aa25cb66

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 125, July 20, 2023, Page H3889):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a study on Chinese support for Afghan illicit finance, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  206 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4765, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4765

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e9d8f89801bb33c9ba41b49efe24ed28fca025d92860a422adf5178aa25cb66

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