Nursing is a Professional Degree Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8659.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 77, May 4, 2026, Page H3338):
  Article One Section Eight of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  60 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8659, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4a928372fc118db7d3d1f8660a62df0ca1de5f6a52b9651ad5ecc2bda6faf8c7

  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. 8659, 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.