To improve the distribution of tsunami alerts to the public, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8894.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 109, June 28, 2024, Page H4445):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Tsunamis
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  106 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8894, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8894

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a6ea2aaf28f1b5733433be77282e2ac873a689ddfa5d5fc8cad0bbc9512b41ad

  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 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8894, last updated August 14, 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.