Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8870.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIFFANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 149, September 15, 2022, Page H7883):
  Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8870, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8870

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97bb6f4addff9ae830bb9d0c003208b779d76294d8f3032e109a83d2cccdcb55

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8870, last updated December 5, 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.