Task Force to Stop Price Gouging Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8493.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CRAIG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Page H3484):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: FTC, DOJ and USDA task force to address costs affecting consumers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  130 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8493, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8493

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5b5358d4435561de5c4761ee07a5e29701c079d860578335eacd0a31277862a5

  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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8493, last updated January 16, 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.