Forest Health and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8688.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD of Colorado, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 78, May 7, 2026, Page H3343):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8688, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8688

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d307b11694521fc1a8fb3607f52a66e82f6ea0ad1844cc3e58392542700a470a

  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. 8688, 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.