National Debt is National Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8242.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 109, June 28, 2022, Page H5924):
  Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8242, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91b1d7ab526c1fa23c13e0b0e69bfc039fb725374d897baa2c30151b4c81671e

  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. 8242, last updated December 5, 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.