To suspend temporarily the duty on on Barium magnesium aluminum oxide for use in the production of fluorescent lamps.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5724.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2646):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 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 April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  292 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5724, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5724

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  984296b457f578434af074632aaa15e92d1ce7564b7f3bb7a6b004da85ca6233

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5724, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.