Marijuana Misdemeanor Expungement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8917.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 110, July 2, 2024, Page H4452):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec 8 Cl.1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill. The single subject of this legislation is: Crime and Law Enforcement
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2024 ↗

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  529 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8917, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8917

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c8ce929d4264bf2f821e5d0a18ad63ae60805ef79c7c75c2322bd9751b86fdc

  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. 8917, 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.