Partners in Diplomacy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9437.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 135, August 30, 2024, Page H5021):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize co-location abroad with United States strategic partner countries.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  179 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9437, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9437

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91d6992dda9d565ae6a69e0321962f0c796d8f71ac130b97171955c3899a1025

  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 October 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9437, last updated October 9, 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.