Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8861.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 108, June 27, 2024, Page H4411):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the destruction authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to articles that present a significant public health concern, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  564 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8861, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8861

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 27, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40fcbab2ef03f03056cbed9cc841549afb5e57fa5ed57c437248c47d42421ef3

  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 August 27, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8861, last updated August 27, 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.