Lobbying Disclosure Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8695.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 98, June 11, 2024, Page H3726):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to create a unique identification number for registered lobbyists, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8695, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8695

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef5055a23f091c0caf8d4f28e340b9a072197ddf83d01507970cb03cd1ee4a43

  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 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8695, last updated August 20, 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.