American Petroleum First Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8021.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 50, March 19, 2026, Page H2622):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8021, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8021

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f68786f22f63b8b3d05d225f5648165043e98895c70ebf2b415a536f23d03c62

  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 June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8021, last updated June 3, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.