A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel QUIETLY.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 656.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-210 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on January 27, 1996.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 27, 1996 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/210

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 656, 104th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39ae883a8fc308b1090bde74b356e1f03276425783a239eaf20b3de3adf7a219

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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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