Safeguarding Syria Sanctions Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4847.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAIRD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Pages H3950-H3951):
  ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for limitations on general license authorities under the Syria Sanctions Regulations.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4847, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4847

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5f5bec510a5762fcede59e4e8bf0eb6d817bfe6e30fc591c40e5f62e99562d8a

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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