Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8399.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8399, Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act” on December 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on House Administration on September 12, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61143

  CBO publication date

  December 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8399, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9a9f6e317b81281140929a66fb43c403cc9e91aacf137964faf2dc8eadd816f6

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-663 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on September 12, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/663

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8399, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9a9f6e317b81281140929a66fb43c403cc9e91aacf137964faf2dc8eadd816f6

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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. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 83, May 14, 2024, Page H3205):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, Congress has the legislative power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill prohibits foreign nationals from improperly influencing American elections.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2024 ↗

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  Statement length

  433 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8399, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9a9f6e317b81281140929a66fb43c403cc9e91aacf137964faf2dc8eadd816f6

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