8–K Trading Gap Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9709.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 204, January 3, 2023, Page H10550):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  72 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9709, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38e40b879d4161ae9a67bb9a64bf4dd1fb49b1f3bab85a68433c299cffc429a8

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9709, last updated December 16, 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.