State-Managed Disaster Relief Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8728.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-816 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 5, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/816

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8728, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8728

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e4352d87e2ce1af824a658865487b6818eda30950089d9356a011e9076840fe3

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 100, June 13, 2024, Page H4062):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Emergency Management
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  118 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8728, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8728

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e4352d87e2ce1af824a658865487b6818eda30950089d9356a011e9076840fe3

  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 (as of November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8728, last updated November 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.