Confronting CCP Malign Influence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8551.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3525):
  Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Director of National Intelligence to prepare and make available a report on the wealth and corrupt activities of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  275 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8551, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 26, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7287a86ba39a35c2bd305e2ed851266f794cf81ebf7eb22e5c58ab8840ad1e14

  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 26, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8551, last updated August 26, 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.