Digital Trade for Development Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6990.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 7, January 12, 2024, Page H133):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill modifies the bases for ineligibility for countries that impose digital trade barriers and that benefit from the Generalized System of Preferences.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2024 ↗

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  H.R. 6990, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  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 December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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