Cuba Trade Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3238.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 120, July 28, 2015, Page H5590):
  Article 1, Section 8 to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3238, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3238

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ac7f5ae71a8de91daeb63419f379f41f09b3ca4328ce60944b9b1f1972e1b7a

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3238, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.