To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for permanent duty-free treatment on imports of basketballs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7836.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GUTHRIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 54, March 29, 2024, Page H2129):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would remove the tariff on basketballs to give parity with tariffs on other sports equipment.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7836, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7836

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8820845ee1082d2e442930bb6c9e330adc0ab860dc42be55dfaa09a301a18f41

  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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