ICTS National Security Review Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8742.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 100, June 13, 2024, Page H4063):
  To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill gives the U.S. Department of Commerce formal authority to review information and communication technology and services transactions involving persons or jurisdictions of concern and to limit or, if necessary, ban the transactions if they pose a risk to U.S. national security. By Mr. SMUCKER H.R. 8743. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  1,390 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8742, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  945ee8e4f67bca531e6e556391b1cb69c0dc4ab59353042e810feda1eb2dfdca

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8742, last updated December 5, 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.