To direct the Secretary of State to host regular U.S.-Africa Leaders Summits, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8362.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8362, a bill to direct the Secretary of State to host regular U.S.-Africa Leaders Summits, and for other purposes” on July 12, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 16, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60325

  CBO publication date

  July 12, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8362, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8362

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab2ca54763d34a71bcd604853ef4779e5679866db596e82bc3be5e91a295fcad

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 82, May 10, 2024, Page H3006):
  Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of State to host regular U.S.- Africa Leaders Summits, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  175 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8362, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8362

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab2ca54763d34a71bcd604853ef4779e5679866db596e82bc3be5e91a295fcad

  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. 8362, 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.