African Diaspora Heritage Month Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5451.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 148, September 13, 2023, Page H4298):
  Article I Section VIII The single subject of this legislation is: To designate a month as African Diaspora Heritage Month
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5451, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5451

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5266949fb4e8562dab369cdb90bde1e2915e966e479bfb92c0780bc19172062f

  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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