Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8536.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEIJER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 125, July 27, 2022, Page H7256):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8536, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8536

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8af03a6ca7b77277f6a20604ea53e09876ee5433d3da3bb4bae23b773dd1a34b

  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. 8536, 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.