Blind Americans Return to Work Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8878.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SESSIONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 109, June 28, 2024, Page H4444):
  To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to carry out a demonstration project relating to disability benefits of blind individuals.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  457 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8878, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8878

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  941cdb9b85142bae6a65a7a450b6e3e3c6440c660b6c23253cb65f722ae858ae

  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 December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8878, last updated December 19, 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.