Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8326.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8326, Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act” on September 12, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on September 9, 2022 (Rules Committee Print 117-64)”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58469

  CBO publication date

  September 12, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8326, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8326

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b094b9de4c43de166efb36af41286f385b155b50c40d6837b3e8e679955124b6

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-456 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 9, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/456

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8326, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8326

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b094b9de4c43de166efb36af41286f385b155b50c40d6837b3e8e679955124b6

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 113, July 11, 2022, Page H5945):
  Article I, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8326, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8326

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b094b9de4c43de166efb36af41286f385b155b50c40d6837b3e8e679955124b6

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8326, 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.