UAP Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8424.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURCHETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 85, May 16, 2024, Page H3329):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the release to the public of all documents, reports, and other records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  202 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8424, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8424

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a7e23107b67e875901b1d54bac731695a4d7d310f5bf6a63021d9346349d1ef

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8424, last updated February 4, 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.