To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8559.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 74, April 28, 2026, Page H3133):
  Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8559, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8559

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d4ce86b7ff13b1cb2e5534d661b849e8ab8284129bb50eca15c30f23f54da56

  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.

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