To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5810.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTMORELAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8868):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (``The Congress shall have the power To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States'') Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes'') Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  729 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5810, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5810

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  23fe5a007e5790332a67178e6722441dd95df25bbac5fc1d7c2c86fc883cb5d2

  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.

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