Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8426.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 85, May 16, 2024, Page H3329):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which states that the United States Congress shall have power ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill empowers the Federal Labor Relations Authority to protect the collective bargaining rights of public sector workers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2024 ↗

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  393 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8426, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eeea19420c68b6bdab02f05fd9bd481ef5d0912962fcf33ef2e39afd08653244

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8426, last updated July 21, 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.