Do Our Job Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8840.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 107, June 26, 2024, Page H4321):
  Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 Provides that each house of Congress ``may determine the Rules of its Proceedings.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to modify the rules with respect to the consideration in the House of Representatives of any resolution or motion providing for an adjournment period of more than three calendar days without a pro forma session or seven calendar days without a voting session until the House has approved annual appropriations bills.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  519 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8840, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8840

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a69408eb6f70f1291e5bab97b0c4264b7cd0bf55e3998fb11591529311b2780d

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8840, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.