SAFE School Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8506.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 73, April 27, 2026, Page H3124):
  Congress has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, including: The Spending Clause (Clause 1), which grants Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the United States by authorizing federal funding and grant programs to support school security improvements; and The Commerce Clause (Clause 3), which grants Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce, including matters that substantially affect interstate commerce such as public safety, education systems, and the movement of personnel and goods related to school security.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  617 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8506, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8506

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5a39aa929c7ec8a0f9a5382fb7adf6234ee28ab854061648766b6989e2af4e05

  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. 8506, 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.