To amend title 5, United States Code, to add certain employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to the definition of employees in fire protection activities for the purpose of compensation for certain illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8863.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 83, May 15, 2026, Page H3551):
  Article 1 section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2026 ↗

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  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8863, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c0ace713e98ec214b2e74d03c05742a12609f6e9513faf620957ec2578bd09f5

  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.

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