Territorial Protection and Sovereignty Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8460.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLYDE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 72, April 23, 2026, Page H3092):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4: ``[The Congress shall have power] . . . To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8460, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8460

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52af28b94d8fe43544d95e45481f0780fcf98480d8b20080cb347351530ae5eb

  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. 8460, 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.