Defending American Property Abroad Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8411.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 84, May 15, 2024, Page H3274):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Establishes prohibitions with respect to vessels loaded or previously held at ports, harbors, or marine terminals and with respect to which land owned, held, or controlled directly or indirectly by United States persons that is necessary to access the ports or relevant port infrastructure has been nationalized, forcibly limited, or expropriated by the governments of such countries.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2024 ↗

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  448 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8411, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8411

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2b1761789c4fac759a3a765dc6039a2719c24b7584699703ad44cd149d7755e3

  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 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8411, last updated December 19, 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.