BANNED in Latin America Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4531.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHREVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3477):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4531, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4531

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  23de1e95e4b8b18ef080c8c412b779eb4c39e8091b568ee16023b37361681d28

  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 June 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4531, last updated June 17, 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.