To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit Presidents and Vice Presidents from receiving damages payments from the United States, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8309.

• 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. 66, April 15, 2026, Page H2925):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8309, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8309

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  299ce897a091eb344dc545a47206f4f63a8c7003d5cf3e6ac4b1f68f30dce9ff

  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.

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