Religious Freedom and Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8720.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 99, June 12, 2024, Page H3975):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign Policy
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  78 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8720, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3634cb66c735a52c3ac72d2058c01e6445c38f0b5054204442996eee99e917a8

  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 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8720, last updated August 19, 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.