Ballistic Armor Made in America Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8656.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 77, May 4, 2026, Page H3338):
  Article I , Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8656, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4d762f8d12f0f3dd11f93cdc6078e8ebeed96dcd444c94d2ab689145f1235fc

  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 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8656, last updated October 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.