Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5926.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 166, October 11, 2023, Page H5000):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would require a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States for any investment by a foreign individual that involves the acquisition of U.S. real estate and establishment of a U.S. business on such real estate that would result in the People's Republic of China's direct or indirect control over the U.S. business.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 11, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5926, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5926

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3642eb24601cba6ce4c991c1d20b2a152ce222d0dc1df012a632d2e105e86c6

  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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