Americas Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7571.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SALAZAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 40, March 6, 2024, Page H1000):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Latin American Trade
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  83 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7571, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7571

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  96edcc2268f6e1e08cb66667987adb6bc523ea14e872f7fcf933af009262e4e2

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7571, last updated January 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.