To prohibit the use of Federal funds to pay reparations issued by international bodies or courts for violations of international law.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5431.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAGEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 152, September 17, 2025, Page H4411):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5431, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5431

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 19, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba91677ddca552a54741b72f96aff414745e4a4ec30a6b2224bba71c52f21046

  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 November 19, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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