To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8098.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARKE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 57, March 26, 2026, Page H2777):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8098, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8098

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  89d303dbd8c7c9f48e1042a1df56e27c09bdeab2a49a0a5fafa19a6c00996e87

  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 October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8098, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.