Diversity Visa Protection and Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9457.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARKE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4263):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9457, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9457

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  382ae75836313d6187882f454b0c10436911fa27835f7caedadb176bc1667b88

  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 July 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9457, last updated July 7, 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.