To direct the heads of certain agencies to review and submit to Congress a report on public-private partnerships for combating the illicit fentanyl trade, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9434.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 135, August 30, 2024, Page H5021):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: [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: Fentanyl
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  356 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9434, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9434

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 10, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4972ca4ddc342e21833ba75a3b4274d6e232fa1c62e0dcd465e86ad43e714e2d

  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 October 10, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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