To appropriate funds for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8368.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 69, April 20, 2026, Page H2996):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8368, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8368

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0c80c49dc8102f8af6e4e2a010ccd39e6f7233f15e70931f31f65350ed50781e

  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. 8368, 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.