To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8216.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 75, May 1, 2024, Page H2830):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8216, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e5bfafea4d6fabeceee0a3954ff2ff8afd2a880962925c9bdeab3a020b4b739b

  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 November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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