Presidential Ethics Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8489.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Page H3484):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution, in that the legislation is ``necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the . . . Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Presidential and Vice Presidential ethics reporting requirements.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  372 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8489, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9620857c9c03b60f1b0f5e2bf6d0212cd07b3f75ccadbe65da1dd2deee61b3e9

  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. 8489, 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.