To impose additional duties on imports of goods into the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9827.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 150, September 25, 2024, Page H5831):
  Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To impose additional duties on imports of goods into the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 25, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  136 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9827, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9827

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d13c387abf4446c45896e90ec870f1d09924405d0b846235628ee9f85bdf6a4b

  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 August 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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