No Mercy for Terrorists Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8040.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 55, March 24, 2026, Page H2676):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  43 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8040, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8040

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3abe570b7e846094810f194e35474d47d276b0458c7a3b602c8b5c47fdc165c4

  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 April 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8040, last updated April 13, 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.