FTC Autonomy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4266.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3073):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the Federal Trade Commission to independently initiate civil actions to recover certain civil penalties.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  329 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4266, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4266

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  11d0f9409846c349cefa71d84f76495911473c19a970eef95f8aa2b58d2c8663

  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. 4266, 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.