SHIELD Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8463.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 86, May 17, 2024, Page H3357):
  Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit and establish penalties for the use of the identity of another, without authorization, and to make available certain information.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  231 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8463, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8463

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 25, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  32c831f87d71a7199bbde8b7d54f779600c311ed1d8649498640f629b6a787b3

  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. 8463, 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.