Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 639.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H683):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect duties and to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  190 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 639, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4ceab87b065622a98f68490f959c41aa46c4fcd6191917e619f27f569a9e6ab

  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 noteOn 7/6/2011, a motion was filed to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H.Res.310 a resolution providing for consideration of H.R.639. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 112-1: text with signatures.)
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 639, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4ceab87b065622a98f68490f959c41aa46c4fcd6191917e619f27f569a9e6ab

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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