To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for disinformation research grants, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1233.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H677):
  Article I Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1233, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1233

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b357b8572d75dc3b3c2b2123e000a5c49789fdd2fa3b35999c9666a20e7c625c

  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 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1233, last updated July 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.