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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8315.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8315, Enhancing National Frameworks for Overseas Restriction of Critical Exports Act” on July 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 22, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60435

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8315, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8315

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31e270bed49976b4e73223927bdb13f4bb6676f49c4ad065d25705b20159d45e

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 80, May 8, 2024, Page H2999):
  Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting United States artificial intelligence and other enabling technologies
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  252 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8315, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8315

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31e270bed49976b4e73223927bdb13f4bb6676f49c4ad065d25705b20159d45e

  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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8315, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.