Respect for Marriage Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8404.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 118, July 18, 2022, Page H6706):
  Article IV, Section 1 Fifth Amendment, Section 5 Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  112 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8404, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8404

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 30, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fac940e4a0ac0a18767ddc9b722bc79f77b1a3524cc64d22fc76b2df71b55785

  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 August 30, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8404, last updated August 30, 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.