CHARLIE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8705.

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

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8705, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7e4602a64c3e208dca46959e541d36c2ea3cac25ba67f33eeb0d6686dbfb86aa

  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 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8705, last updated September 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.