U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7256.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7256, U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act” on April 2, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 21, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60156

  CBO publication date

  April 2, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7256, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  698499bd2ba089bd53550933ee5ed57900ff3830d2f4232cadb8ff94921cfd6f

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JAMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 21, February 6, 2024, Page H503):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign Affairs
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  113 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7256, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  698499bd2ba089bd53550933ee5ed57900ff3830d2f4232cadb8ff94921cfd6f

  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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7256, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.