FEC Administrative Improvements Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8738.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8738, FEC Administrative Improvements Act” on July 8, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on May 14, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62558

  CBO publication date

  July 8, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8738, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a824c8c5c1e8440cfe9bc77450e4ee4d166cb1f7985684284a96010858765a27

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 80, May 12, 2026, Page H3393):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8738, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a824c8c5c1e8440cfe9bc77450e4ee4d166cb1f7985684284a96010858765a27

  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 committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8738, 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.