Power of the Mint Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3402.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2427):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is to define the minting powers of the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  390 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3402, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27f644b4a47d68d87c6d86b46729ca8f63cd09e7efe7856352165883b2c2615d

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3402, last updated May 27, 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.