Ban Gambling on Elections Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10505.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RASKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 188, December 18, 2024, Page H7361):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit political election or contest agreements, contracts, transactions, and swaps.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  292 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10505, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10505

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  df90325f8b9b25ec534f41f44b9a60ce4fed14e6a96a3690a48e5bc4bb93acee

  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. 10505, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.