Protect American Trade Secrets Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 844.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OBERNOLTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 24, February 6, 2023, Page H710):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Intelectual Property
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  84 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 844, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15b87cb136783ec2419c3121f3151938911421d71d94e18f2f4001bbff2f3b97

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 844, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.