Offshore Parity Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8542.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EZELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 74, April 28, 2026, Page H3132):
  The Commerce Clause (Article I Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution) empowers Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, and with Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  187 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8542, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f8f344b08a5f069ec6640b06202d1107fdca8e2c5d0434464a09dd2f4d913e7a

  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. 8542, 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.