Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2998.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 69, April 24, 2025, Page H1625):
  Clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2998, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  88689bfb53d9d2f05a1e7e4edcd405914b9679f9ec687c4640adac8d17921ae2

  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 April 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2998, last updated April 14, 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.