Pharmacist Conscience Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8820.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 148, September 14, 2022, Page H7842):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8820, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74e5f740c3980c620f61bc7f57c2f5ec907150f6674dbe1126a2c6fce4f1e482

  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. 8820, 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.