Gifts for Officials, Legislators and Delegate (GOLD) Standard Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7689.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CRAIG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 47, March 15, 2024, Page H1189):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof' The single subject of this legislation is: A bill to align the federal bribery statute with the financial conflict of interest statute by expanding the `official act' to include the approval, disapproval, recommendation, rendering of advice, or investigation on any question.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  578 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7689, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7689

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7738cd2123dc3ba418911ada3f2ac3e0473341ce4769be648bafe189274bbd08

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7689, last updated December 16, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.