Indian Ocean Region Strategic Review Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8378.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 83, May 14, 2024, Page H3204):
  Article 1, section 8, clauses 11-16 The single subject of this legislation is: To strengthen the role of the United States with respect to the Indian Ocean region.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  163 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8378, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8378

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 21, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9e7e1133f503d47e3fb79db3e1442a0d71add380d9093d014d7a707ad7379537

  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 September 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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