To impose additional duties on imports of goods into the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 505.

• 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. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):
  Article I, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 505, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/505

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e5dda8cdb5d4b7a3a1c7ab28886c76f904eeabd76547d562a31d1d98c584c4da

  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 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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