ATD Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8548.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3525):
  Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To remove aliens who fail to comply with a release order, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  494 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8548, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8548

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 30, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc52a1ae713281c9b722c010f9fc9a9411e4df790bcae2955c6d52ede700ff5c

  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 30, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8548, last updated September 30, 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.