Election Fraud Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8285.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GABBARD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 161, September 17, 2020, Page H4542):
  The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8285, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8285

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  51e3a4c82739cac85a9b516aa3d8fb413a1790e8e001903e4dc576b10b8548fd

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8285, last updated January 3, 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.