Methane Border Adjustment Mechanism Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 480.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):
  Article I Section 8 and Amendment XVI
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗

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  37 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 480, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/480

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a9c4d0936cf63bb7e40b9464cd5bb1ff0bc3c7bb258135603e31eebda110b402

  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 May 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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