LIFT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8396.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 83, May 14, 2024, Page H3205):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide additional borrowing measures for states and municipalities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8396, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8396

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b2f99b2fd5aa2524ea119025d52e7b60b3f3d451af53bca4f1bbc06794470c86

  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 August 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8396, last updated August 14, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.