Drones for First Responders Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8416.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 84, May 15, 2024, Page H3274):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To implement incrementally increasing tariffs on PRC- manufactured drones and authorize a grant program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2024 ↗

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  193 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8416, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8416

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  70187ab8510332754c82388ed65f6b2207a4a60fef404ad6ba87fc3dc430713b

  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 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8416, last updated December 19, 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.