Global Press Freedom Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4898.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLRED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4031):
  Article I, Section 4, clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill establishes the Office of Press Freedom to advance the protection and well-being of members of the press abroad and to engage with foreign governments and global press freedom organizations concerning freedom of the press and of expression, appointment of Ambassador-at-Large for Press Freedom, a press freedom curriculum, and aGAO report on
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4898, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4898

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  474f1069fd7986db1e0921d7ae406011af153818f9edfd762ab808392fe7ea53

  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.

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