Historic Routes Preservation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8798.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COOK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 198, November 20, 2020, Page H6016):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8798, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8798

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7e3cc24b9d8d891b84d427c4d0b6415e90f920f0aaf47c3251c2293bfc9a95b2

  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. 8798, 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.