Afghan Adjustment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8685.

• 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. 134, August 9, 2022, Page H7557):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 9, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8685, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5492c9763709ec5efc9fac6ee41dd732cc9acd10a5a6e6b7e7b75cb0e405bbb4

  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 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8685, last updated January 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.