Civil Justice for Victims of COVID Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7818.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 134, July 29, 2020, Page H3981):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7818, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7818

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e4b16d9fb6a349fac24fc589553a155312174843fab7cf183a0f2582d2e76b2c

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7818, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.