To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8173.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 74, April 30, 2024, Page H2770):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  253 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8173, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8173

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  faeb7ba019e3c4af62d6ae3c33f1aa6cf7a39aa27074c3455defac5d266393ec

  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 August 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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