Main Street Competes Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9138.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NEWMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 160, October 4, 2022, Page H8379):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 4, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9138, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/9138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe95ee6443b4d40045a507afc3131197e3434347a7dc8974179321e6cb8e1aff

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9138, last updated January 3, 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.