Formula Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8351.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 115, July 13, 2022, Page H6335):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8351, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8351

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3ddc9ea954bea211dbae02d562beb42171988920d1594e39da08057b14317d16

  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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8351, last updated May 28, 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.