MATCH Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8170.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAUMGARTNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 61, April 2, 2026, Page H2821):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8170, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8170

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db8212f1c93c944d074096b691092f183fbb2b9c3f667d3c43c14897f9123e2a

  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 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8170, last updated October 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 3, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.