To amend title 51, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to seek to establish the initial elements of a lunar outpost, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8187.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SELF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 61, April 2, 2026, Page H2821):
  Congress has the power to provide for the common defense and to promote the progress of science and useful arts, and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution these powers, pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 8, and 18 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8187, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8187

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e476a6f0e4f962d201f8e2540f90dc7e4c3344962de5850ed3000a3ea3abadf3

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8187, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.