Elevating Biotechnology Threats Reporting Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8564.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3525):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require certain elements of the intelligence community to submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report with respect to biotechnology threats, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  273 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8564, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8564

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 25, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4083e53b71aede806bf566de53d6a8d5b1435268972886744e2b889b9828e608

  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 October 25, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8564, last updated October 25, 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.