Exposing the Financing of Human Trafficking Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8185.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 74, April 30, 2024, Page H2770):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: The bill modifies the minimum standard for foreign government action toward the elimination of human trafficking.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  187 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8185, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8185

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  064b1eb2c034240f7ad20d952d68e1df0d47b094793071e50e6bec5afb8082e2

  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 September 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8185, last updated September 20, 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.