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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8955.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3725):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8955, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8955

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f1c863f5b29bc7f87b5952855d5f7573a1df642b1bb1d898f27aaaeebc10c050

  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 July 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8955, last updated July 15, 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.