Nursing is a Professional Degree Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8691.

• 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. 78, May 7, 2026, Page H3343):
  Article One Section Eight of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  59 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8691, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8691

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  552adab60b4ffde8814638750c7eef2a5ba1293a2ebe71bc7fd9f694a006f3ac

  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 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8691, last updated October 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 10, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.