Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 940.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 20, January 31, 2019, Page H1342):
  Article 1 Section 8 clearly grants Congress the authority ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations''--not the President. This bill reclaims delegated Congressional authority over Section 232 tariffs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  202 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 940, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/940

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17aaa376a88518e3a50bdde0249dcf5ed1725fcac7928eea83810e39a2bd09ba

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

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