To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for disinformation research grants, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8519.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):
  Article I Section 8 First Amendment The single subject of this legislation is: Federal grants relating to First Amendment activity.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  131 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8519, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8519

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 17, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ccb0a6001a72c061a61c939bc54c011b57c301b20b3a57416ac248239579f348

  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 September 17, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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