To establish a toll free number in the Department of Commerce to assist consumers in determining if products are American-made.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 447.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-753 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on August 2, 1996.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 2, 1996 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/753

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 447, 104th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/447

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  737520552e422a154bb268967feb42720ece73a4745b29f6f73e7fc01a3a4fe2

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 447, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.