No Russian Tunnel to Crimea Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7701.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7701, No Russian Tunnel to Crimea 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/60182

  CBO publication date

  April 2, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7701, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7701

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97f3d08939898539cbdc161534257bb07fd2820b94845386bc06195196c48ab2

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 47, March 15, 2024, Page H1189):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation imposes sanctions on any foreign person that contributes to the construction of a tunnel from the Russian mainland to Crimea.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  206 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7701, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7701

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97f3d08939898539cbdc161534257bb07fd2820b94845386bc06195196c48ab2

  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 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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