TOTS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 413.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 13, January 20, 2023, Page H251):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  168 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 413, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/413

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  46d287a49d570f4bbf05ca4bf57c6df21c61a6bd06f0d07379702891f499fa31

  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 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 413, last updated January 16, 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.