Chinese Government COVID–19 Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 685.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H578):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the President, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to develop and carry out a strategy to seek reinbursement from the People's Republic of China of funds made available by the United States Government to address COVID-19.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  311 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 685, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7cac8312b145e40e77bba94aad486a4c7ef43891f4d94690e0e7ecf80e4f2b54

  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. 685, 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.