Block Foreign-Funded Political Ads Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6996.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 8, January 16, 2024, Page H148):
  clause 1 of section 4 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require broadcasting stations, providers of cable and satellite television, and online platforms to make reasonable efforts to ensure that political advertisements are not purchased by a foreign national.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  357 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6996, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9b9658e562fbbca458818d7f373f32efe8280454e9ed9c456f19245fe5f2f2e3

  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. 6996, 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.