Washington Channel Public Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8257.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 78, May 6, 2024, Page H2875):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would prohibit the Secretary of the Army from implementing a rule that restricts public access to the Washington Channel in the District of Columbia.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  258 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8257, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8257

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d91dd5f21fb0676c9212f34912f33724d9f5453a7714f25f8cce9043ed6838f

  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 June 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8257, last updated June 18, 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.