Presidential Election Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8873.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 150, September 19, 2022, Page H7966):
  Article II, section 1, clause 4 First Amendment Twelfth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment Article I, section 8, clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  148 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8873, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8873

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93bbdaf2f9ad7572389d6ec2fe51c0ded591360fbf168e5a6a12f38fe0b819fc

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8873, last updated April 7, 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.