To extend and modify the temporary reduction of duty on Methylionone.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5500.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SCHMIDT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2327):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, of the United States Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  338 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5500, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 7, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f508d9ddd55393bc0eed9cf1675b3ef3826f623bffef0c2e0c0dd6273f477e1b

  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 February 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5500, last updated February 7, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.