Small Business Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8656.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 182, October 23, 2020, Page H5706):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States: ``The Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect taxes . . . ''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 23, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  142 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8656, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93586950dd231a56f1c26f607f2514c74754fa92bd52f9357ff7dca02bcf3824

  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. 8656, 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.