DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8663.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8663, DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024” on July 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 12, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2024 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60552

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8663, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8663

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-634 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 23, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 23, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/634

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8663, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8663

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LALOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 97, June 7, 2024, Page H3681):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is; To require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances in very law concentrations.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2024 ↗

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  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8663, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8663

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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