Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8662.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORTENBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 182, October 23, 2020, Page H5706):
  The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 23, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8662, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8662

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a7c5977ca4368606eab7cc4d85d648668c456f5cccb9ef5c2242c7ac6b4a879

  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. 8662, 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.