Shell Company Abuse Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 988.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLRED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H840):
  Article I, Section 4, clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would make it unlawful to establish or use a corporation, company, or other entity to conceal an election contribution or donation by a foreign national
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗

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  236 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 988, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/988

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72cd103956dff1ba65bb7600e8685e0dade28ec88a9b035b8506c6b0ded15548

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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