Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8988.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RASKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 114, July 10, 2024, Page H4589):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act to foreign-controlled, foreign- influenced, and foreign-owned domestic business entities, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  419 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8988, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8988

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  edd44aab551ab172d6fdc85dfe6846c03b6d16dbf9544d41c9a9696233d6349a

  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. 8988, 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.