Block the Revolving Door Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8696.

• 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 title 18, United States Code, to establish a uniform 2-year post-employment ban on the lobbying of any officer or employee of the executive branch or any Member, officer, or employee of Congress by former executive branch officials and former Members, officers, and employees of Congress, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  410 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8696, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8696

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 26, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1f215aad56406aef0535badb35ebf9257ebc2b749e4443637bbe57ad9d8ff8f

  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 26, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8696, last updated August 26, 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.