Investing in the American Dream Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8563.

• 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. 74, April 28, 2026, Page H3133):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8563, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8563

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d883c6ad95dfdf57efe2913ad548847c13ebb93610854b7893cef9da5ab879c1

  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 October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8563, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.