To amend the USAID Branding Modernization Act to require the sole use of United States flags and logos on articles of United States foreign assistance, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8233.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 76, May 2, 2024, Page H2835):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Would require the use of the American flag on all foreign aid.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  137 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8233, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8233

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 13, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc4d866288e3084b7707aa5798f66682521dc6500204145ad1d1bac8e7d9930d

  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 August 13, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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