To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide an exception to that Act for actions carried out against grizzly bears in self-defense, defense of others, or a reasonable belief of imminent danger.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2929.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LABRADOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6182):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2929, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2929

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73f6dc3e0417aabeb0f0663eff3ea552de82fdbae18f856e1f27b82fd0b91711

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2929, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.