Crack Down on Dark Money Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8175.

• 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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit 501(c)(4) entities from using more than 10 percent of total expenditures on certain political expenditures.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8175, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8175

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 13, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93be0f7d38d635c964fc74782148d12e29d3ab4cf3e4a709b4db886cb9f7192c

  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 13, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8175, last updated August 13, 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.