Reclaim Trade Powers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2459.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1339):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2459, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  48e870e2af0551e6c1e7000e6e008ab761eb335e328ae7e3898c07689157b45d

  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 March 28, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2459, last updated March 28, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.