Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8478.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 88, May 21, 2024, Pages H3398-H3399):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 2010 to provide grants to States for enhanced protection of senior investors and senior policyholders, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  252 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8478, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8478

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 18, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d67fc4b26b49a1ce289b9dc9f5a8904b07c6c70d06cec38d96636feb33380cd

  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 18, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8478, last updated December 18, 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.