American Workforce Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8316.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLER of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 80, May 8, 2024, Page H2999):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States of America. The single subject of this legislation is: To establish a program of workforce development as an alternative to college for all.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2024 ↗

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  217 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8316, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8316

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  abb8650198332c3f9959c30367f1ae7cc70969468451971271f127017a5b366b

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8316, last updated July 21, 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.