Department of Energy Drone Defense Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8935.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 86, May 20, 2026, Page H3670):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 provides Congress with the power to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  301 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8935, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8935

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c77e0259bf880233f649939720b267315e8d3b26f977402f9b44dae0efbdd72

  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 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8935, last updated June 24, 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.