Ban Water Beads Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6468.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 192, November 21, 2023, Page H5903):
  Under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, sand among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes; The single subject of this legislation is: To provide that certain water beads products shall be considered banned hazardous products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2023 ↗

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  381 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6468, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6468

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7cc0a1307b33746f598ed3d755229a217fde3460bb85b65b49534494f598182a

  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.

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