Consumer Safety Technology Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8128.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8128, Consumer Safety Technology Act” on December 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 24, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56941

  CBO publication date

  December 24, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8128, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8128

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-545 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 29, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/545

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8128, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8128

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4e119f45435081eff6323b52df51c579be04d55c4ab328ab4e65af413f37a3a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McNERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 151, August 28, 2020, Page H4312):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 28, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  111 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8128, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8128

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4e119f45435081eff6323b52df51c579be04d55c4ab328ab4e65af413f37a3a

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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