To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect unborn children.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8855.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOOD of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 108, June 27, 2024, Page H4410):
  Spending Clause--Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Commerce Clause--Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 14th Amendment The single subject of this legislation is: Protecting the lives of the unborn from the moment of conception.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2024 ↗

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  219 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8855, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8855

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  84cd7b2e555cf2f2d92203cf587c8902e3e84eb4626f03befeb78c5163094c69

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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