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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8642.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STAUBER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 96, June 5, 2024, Page H3675):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is.- Reprograms funds appropriated to the United States Postal Service for the acquisition and support of zero-emission delivery vehicles to support the hiring and retention of rural employees.-
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  368 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8642, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8642

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a74f1554cb0839fc3d4f8a9768e7ca863e54c66ad6819c9b66ab0c35d072d527

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8642, last updated February 4, 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.