Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8657.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 97, June 7, 2024, Page H3680):
  Art. 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3--The Congress shall have Power. . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  459 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8657, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 6, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d7bd481d656d0f3d36abc8d57d2009c74e0cc3214ba089dca01607764530da2

  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 6, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8657, last updated August 6, 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.