Citizen Ballot Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8223.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 108, June 24, 2022, Page H5919):
  The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  262 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8223, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8223

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0e1517c0dbb58b5377cde239d42ae634776303c19b44d00fd25ebac62956c59a

  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. 8223, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.