House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2024
- Committee actionSep 18, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 762.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8616.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-932 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 19, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/932
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8616, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 95, June 4, 2024, Page H3656):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Disaster Relief.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8616, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
855db814662a53f757b4e9f9377efc78c4b7ef58817710b6aa39b8698d9dfe11
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 (as of November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8616, last updated November 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6277 (118th) FASTA Reform Act of 2023
- H.R. 6276 (118th) USE IT Act of 2023
- H.R. 1162 (118th) Accountability for Government Censorship Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.