Leadership in CET Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3539.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 86, May 21, 2025, Page H2362):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to promote the ``Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries'' as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, clause 8. Additionally, the constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is also provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  593 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3539, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea9aed6a290645bad0f78757aa90a302c7d10ae22550778f616ddecc166558c6

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3539, last updated December 5, 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.