House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase civil penalties for, and improve enforcement with respect to, customs fraud, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1284.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H710):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1284, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1284
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
39 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 39 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Brian Babin (R-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Mark Harris (R-NC), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Carol Miller (R-WV), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Tim Moore (R-NC), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mike Rogers (R-AL) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
- H.R. 1041 (119th) Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
- H.R. 988 (119th) To amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of incorporation and domicile of the National Woman’s Relief Corps to Illinois…
- H.R. 740 (119th) Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025
- H.R. 2283 (119th) Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act
- H.R. 3834 (119th) Protecting Veteran’s Claim Options Act
- H.R. 1659 (119th) Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.