9–8–8 Connect Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8122.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RASKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 57, March 26, 2026, Page H2778):
  the Spending Clause (Article I, Section 8, clause 1), the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, clause 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, clause 18) of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  203 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8122, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8122

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3886463b3d76afc079f7308f7d020ffef1f721b03e6793a24f88f39eeb0f1856

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8122, last updated April 14, 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.