House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Secure Trade Act
Official title: To impose additional duties on imports of goods into the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jared Golden D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 15, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4978.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 138, August 15, 2025, Page H3699):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4978, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 June 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden.
- H.R. 2550 (119th) Protect America's Workforce Act
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- H.R. 3762 (119th) Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act
- H.R. 3509 (119th) Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act
- H.R. 1193 (119th) Future in Logging Careers Act
- H.R. 7735 (119th) Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and Veterans Act
Related bills
- S. 1388 (119th) PROTECT Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.