RETURN Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8742.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEUSER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 138, August 23, 2022, Page H7720):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 23, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8742, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  84c1c16c8f4a7d03bed8dbb38333d92c15840480404ec260306913ce10f19fb9

  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. 8742, 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.