Protect American Trade Secrets Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4327.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OBERNOLTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 115, July 1, 2021, Page H3602):
  Aritle I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 1, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4327, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4327

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b666c225a7233df4cce7c6aef1870086b3e72dd438070a5c76c9e46780d85c7

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4327, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.