PUNISH Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8947.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 152, September 21, 2022, Page H8066):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8947, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8947

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c7c63795a30ea084e352d75ea1c02b252df75d36c16c596275a11f418c8323c

  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 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8947, last updated January 15, 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.