To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for an exemption of reimbursement for certain travel to return to the United States, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5965.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 170, October 17, 2023, Page H5021):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign Policy
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2023 ↗

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  78 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5965, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5965

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d8e9cdeed75f90721a1805abe53f2cd1d32c0eccc79538e2be1d829302a94a8

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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