Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Measures Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6471.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 192, November 21, 2023, Page H5903):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with State or local ballot initiatives or referenda and recall elections.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  285 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6471, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fcb98a80aaa71686e7613a2d159f893b5cf4edc0e338672f9a1c4a59cdb1050d

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6471, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.