FORKS Made in America Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8163.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 73, April 29, 2024, Page H2701):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would require DOD to procure domestically produced flatware
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  133 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8163, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8163

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  533b272aa085035b092d47e7f9708d83c321d086d17c7831ec433f7f0cdce34e

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8163, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.