To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain naturalization requirements for United States nationals, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 449.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. RADEWAGEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H187):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 449, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/449

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  719276da7ea7b2ca2eba88ca5995ac7abb6b3fb4039b7e0a61fc63453a1fe153

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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