Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4696.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3649):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  114 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4696, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4696

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42f2a6a4e5bf8340d24f508b9f2a1538382bf8370288a532b544e780df1ac5a1

  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 October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4696, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.