GAZA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8629.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GAETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 96, June 5, 2024, Page H3674):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To provide that an alien who holds a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority may not be admitted or paroled into the United States or be issued a visa or other documentation to enter the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  316 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8629, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8629

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 29, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2b2a4cae475b795090c863178660f9dec47370fec18b6ef710637a1946757581

  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 29, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8629, last updated August 29, 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.