House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025
Official title: To clarify provisions of the United States Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act and Foreign Trade Zones Act with respect to the appropriate tariff treatment of merchandise in a United States foreign-trade zone, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lance Gooden R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6792.
- 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. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6024):The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defefense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote theSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 380 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6792, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6792
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ed Case (D-HI), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), William Timmons (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lance Gooden.
- H.R. 1468 (119th) Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act
- H.R. 1792 (119th) No Tax Dollars for the United Nation’s Immigration Invasion Act
- H.R. 1168 (119th) Protecting Federal Funds from Human Trafficking and Smuggling Act of 2025
- H.R. 7387 (119th) Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026
- H.R. 6262 (119th) Taiwan Interpol Endorsement and Inclusion Act
- H.R. 7035 (119th) Credit Card Competition Act of 2026
Related bills
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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.