PROTECT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8457.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LUNA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 86, May 17, 2024, Page H3357):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would prevent the distribution of intimate visual depictions without consent
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  161 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8457, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8457

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 25, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0302e34d95fc0343128793cb1ae5dede372d231fddd6ceaee5164f9681bf3fa3

  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 25, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8457, last updated July 25, 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.