SAFE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8608.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIMENEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 95, June 4, 2024, Page H3656):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution stating that Congress has the authority to ``make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution''. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit access by certain individuals to certain areas of airports, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  425 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8608, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8608

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 13, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2352737651c9c7968c81f4ff9b2c23651067d4d48cc5301a4f2abb8d06a0be10

  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 13, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8608, last updated August 13, 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.