Protect U.S. Companies from Foreign Regulatory Taxation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4278.

• 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. 114, July 2, 2025, Page H3189):
  Clause III of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  57 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4278, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 31, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  726036b452d58d0a77360990e038d45a6e656a26d016b5437ec0c40583cd6084

  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 July 31, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4278, last updated July 31, 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.