Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6720.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 148, September 6, 2018, Page H7920):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  164 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6720, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78520bc8c01aa1d76945ce9198ce1f62f72f907a0e56f1a204459c0e06667bcc

  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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