Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8002.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLEAVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 50, March 19, 2026, Page H2622):
  Commerce Clause; Necessary & Proper Clause
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8002, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8002

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e82bac58b24a26491a08b7fb1cf00f8c36646c32cf77ed38b1af9620743ec03

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8002, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.