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H.R. 5188: Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023

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H.R. 5188: Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023

118th Congress · introduced 2023-08-11 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-08-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] · 5 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. French Hill (R-AR), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr5188 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118