Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 338.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H223):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  329 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 338, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/338

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  86670f3676c8c1043a96c92759e15fe9397a4bea1b7ac7c2547e7c228a39e7c7

  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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 338, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.