Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5188.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 135, August 11, 2023, Page H4182):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose limitations on the authority of the President to adjust imports that are determined to threaten to impair national security
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 11, 2023 ↗

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  238 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5188, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5188

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4eae159e819af0f2f816bddfbf4902117b8967e5ab90ce9d3003a80d5bfa2ffd

  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 June 23, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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