United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4004.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-116 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 21, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/116

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4004, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4004

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e749121e10c3418208f4a8b41fe2bfa08ba7b134d3bef0591565bd208817c50

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 102, June 12, 2023, Page H2809):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is to approve and implement the Agreement between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States regarding Trade between the U.S. and Taiwan, and to establish transparency and consultations requirements for future negotiations.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  431 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4004, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4004

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e749121e10c3418208f4a8b41fe2bfa08ba7b134d3bef0591565bd208817c50

  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 (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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