Stop the BIS Rule Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8208.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 75, May 1, 2024, Page H2830):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the use of federal funds to finalize, implement, or enforce the interim final rule of the Bureau of Industry and Security relating to enhancing the control structure for firearms and related items and advancing human rights issued on April 26, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 34680).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  346 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8208, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8208

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a5f36ada4a30dd259d30a25d3cff98ac37ae92f74a367ec7f492882b2dd266ce

  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 28, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8208, last updated September 28, 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.