Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8518.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which grants Congress its spending power. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation adjusts the formula the federal government uses to spend money on federal contracts and is authorized by the Constitution under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which grants Congress its spending power.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  335 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8518, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8518

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f11f2685638ee3999b41071d16789e200eb81b6d102cd70fd47c5ac0eeaca3aa

  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 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8518, last updated July 21, 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.