Countering China’s Political Warfare Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7646.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 45, March 13, 2024, Page H1181):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause l8 (relating all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress): The single subject of this legislation is: United Front Work Department
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  321 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7646, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7646

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc6fc08377a24918a91b57040071a704982d08da293fe5c0e318f65be2c82cb8

  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 December 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7646, last updated December 16, 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.