SHADOW Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8991.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RASKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3726):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8991, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8991

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7c6070c21624efdc2d1990940d90b77b2bbeb2645c80b590cf6d86cd706dad34

  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 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8991, last updated June 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.