Strengthening Science Through Diplomacy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9619.

• 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. 144, September 17, 2024, Page H5318):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, and Article I, Section 2, Clause 2. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends the International Organizations Immunities Act in order to extend certain privileges and immunities to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  378 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9619, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9619

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc81249484e0bbe698013054a2ba37391a9d7e79a7a5f2544b354cbeb3fe817e

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9619, last updated December 16, 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.