Protecting Americans Against Lawless Foreign Territories Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8550.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3525):
  Article I, Section VIII The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for the prohibition on the use of United States passports for travel to, in, or through the Turks and Caicos Islands.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  195 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8550, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8550

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18ef1b56429bd5aad4480ae7500d4937c816541d810f10388f22b7acd52d1114

  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 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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