To designate the bald eagle as the national bird.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8800.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINSTAD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 105, June 21, 2024, Page H4120):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the bald eagle as the national bird.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  138 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8800, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8800

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61b65e02cc7dfac9832666033cee14ff6413e10190a32d5b4ca2b55c4daff8cf

  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 17, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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