Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Trade Commission relating to "Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 39.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H646):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 39, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/39

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  aae2b295db9d5e805444b347ec209b31d16836cd5b3bca5b207bdcef7a2e4d52

  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 May 20, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 39, last updated May 20, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.