Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8388.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 83, May 14, 2024, Page H3204):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Body Armor
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  108 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8388, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8388

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0b68194b7d4d084d33cae5905f559dadb104943bcc5eac8c133b54d7ca273eff

  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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8388, last updated December 6, 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.