Pacific Island Aviator Development Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8234.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAN NICOLAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 108, June 24, 2022, Page H5919):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any ``other'' powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  220 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8234, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8234

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91745798963901a30efc557b2b84d46d2ec270dcf7755550c919b9d36b1db6ed

  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. 8234, 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.