Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8873.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8873, Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act” on June 25, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 29, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62542

  CBO publication date

  June 25, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8873, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8873

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5348c510050593b0f973e7f75d74e24986938ae9414488a174f5ae8dd304d9c8

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-671 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 29, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 29, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/671

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8873, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8873

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5348c510050593b0f973e7f75d74e24986938ae9414488a174f5ae8dd304d9c8

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 85, May 19, 2026, Page H3628):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8873, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8873

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5348c510050593b0f973e7f75d74e24986938ae9414488a174f5ae8dd304d9c8

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8873, 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.