Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8111.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 57, March 26, 2026, Page H2777):
  The U.S. Constitution grants Congress authority to enact ``uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States'' under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2026 ↗

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  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8111, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8111

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59523931b84e1a5323a82db5bb1a313e99f2fc3fa0e0356ba502e83334f8356c

  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 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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