SHIELD Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8980.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 114, July 10, 2024, Page H4588):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Legal representation in immigration proceedings
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  111 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8980, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8980

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 22, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c0234fe4941780900ffe904ae3721cf5e9e13e12c0ddf286b57c818c8f885dca

  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 22, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8980, last updated May 22, 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.