To amend title 1, United States Code, to expand the scope of documents the Secretary of State is required to transmit to the Congress, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8929.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 86, May 20, 2026, Page H3670):
  Article I, Section VIII
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  23 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8929, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8929

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  163cec10e271d3c95edd91b5e706467cc98604095e9c028b675a4b945c51dd5f

  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 June 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8929, last updated June 18, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.