Conscience Protection Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8857.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 108, June 27, 2024, Page H4410):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress). The single subject of this legislation is: Conscience protections from government coercion
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  361 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8857, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  993768dc8b575b4dfeda700fe414dce23cd6a87ab7b3a7fd61cf42bb23cc674d

  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 10, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8857, last updated September 10, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.