Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8205.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-704 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 24, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/704

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8205, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8205

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3023f1cce84fce5ba081b3c191df7916fd8aea6e8c8d390f76a0ea0905776913

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 75, May 1, 2024, Page H2830):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill expands the eligibile use of Byrne JAG funding to include the development and maintence of a public safety report system.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  231 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8205, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8205

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3023f1cce84fce5ba081b3c191df7916fd8aea6e8c8d390f76a0ea0905776913

  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 (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8205, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.