To clarify the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, to appropriately limit the application of defenses based on the passage of time and other non-merits defenses to claims under that Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4235.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 111, June 27, 2025, Page H3033):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4235, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4235

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d372b33d8cf0b2d6c9999797cf45228c25d4e7f4f555891c8a891b7e8e6ed4f8

  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 noteThe text of H.R.4235 is contained in the text of S.1884, which became Public Law 119-82.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4235, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4235

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d372b33d8cf0b2d6c9999797cf45228c25d4e7f4f555891c8a891b7e8e6ed4f8

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4235, last updated July 27, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.