Aircraft Certification Reform and Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8408.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-579 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 16, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/579

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8408, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12c19981f9ff8b767012df3fccd7a0bc59b320b418b2d29a0ada96b10af5f3e1

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 169, September 29, 2020, Page H5053):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8408, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12c19981f9ff8b767012df3fccd7a0bc59b320b418b2d29a0ada96b10af5f3e1

  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 (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8408, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.