HERCULES Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8855.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 204, December 3, 2020, Page H6142):
  Article 1, Section 8, Constitution of the United States of America
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  66 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8855, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8855

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1c8fec3e17105c95e01e5a4005f3eafa125d5b110de5ad6f802ca07f3632ae92

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8855, last updated February 4, 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.