Small Business Territories Support Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8534.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 73, April 27, 2026, Page H3125):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8534, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8534

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  881ed4e36cf1ca3443f00c7d0d5fa9cc6bb8582b2365d6a79d8c3f2413a76421

  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. 8534, 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.