Stop Mexico’s Steel Surge Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7638.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MRVAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 44, March 12, 2024, Page H1149):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause I provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill reinstates 25 percent Section 232 tariffs on Mexican steel imports for no less than one year and empowers the President to impose quotas on specific goods where there have been major surges.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 12, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7638, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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