IDB Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4865.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Page H3951):
  The Foreign Commerce Clause; Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. The Necessary and Proper Clause; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill requires Treasury to submit a report on a wide range of PRC influence at the IDB and requires the use of the US voice, vote, and influence at the IDB to counter PRC influence.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  354 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4865, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4865

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c913a9305625e1144a39085aa982e1ddf5fb70acbfa87651adade7b780760354

  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. 4865, 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.