Right to Trial Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8856.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARMSTRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 108, June 27, 2024, Page H4410):
  Article I The single subject of this legislation is: To protect the constitutional right to trial and discourage imposition of extended sentences for defendants who elect to go to trial instead of accepting a plea offer, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2024 ↗

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  244 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8856, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8856

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  26bf4f3eb49b58758189cefc36e952fec6ed78f0425331490459fe337db08b5d

  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 November 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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