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. 2620.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2620, a bill to amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act” on June 22, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on June 17, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50337

  CBO publication date

  June 22, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2620, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2620

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e052cb7095ae08458b0c01ce53c36acc94a0b24eb5fc5d47890bb5c6a984d134

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-174 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on June 23, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 2015 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/174

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2620, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2620

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e052cb7095ae08458b0c01ce53c36acc94a0b24eb5fc5d47890bb5c6a984d134

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 87, June 2, 2015, Page H3758):
  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, Congressional Record June 2, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  708 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2620, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2620

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e052cb7095ae08458b0c01ce53c36acc94a0b24eb5fc5d47890bb5c6a984d134

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