MTCR Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8892.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 109, June 28, 2024, Page H4445):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution; The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: To modify certain provisions relating to bilateral agreements and AUKUS defense trade cooperation under the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  437 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8892, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8892

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d047069146eb77af662e12409f70eb2d53fa2e319f7c9993dede2916ccc157d

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8892, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.