Clean Elections in America Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8499.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Page H3484):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Absentee Ballot Requirements
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  115 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8499, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad4227ddb1cd0e037deb4d76755eaf20c8ff0468e6f6512996ba32ba788866be

  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 August 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8499, last updated August 19, 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.