Semiconductor Superiority Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8959.

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

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8959, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8959

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0cc6b4b03852c7d55b2f0324071db6491f518f4976a37a5bcdcd91ad965b2425

  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 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8959, last updated September 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 11, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.