Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7169.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 18, January 31, 2024, Page H365):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defefense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote the general welfare of the United States of America and her citizens. Additionally Congress has the The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would require the annual disclosure of contributions from foreign governments and political parties by certain tax-exempt organizations. It would also require the…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7169, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7169

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4dcdee27b1f3f586ab9bf37a215c1ed47525edd5f921e27b3bcf47704445ef6

  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 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7169, last updated July 9, 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.