To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Act shall not apply to the gray wolf (canis lupus).

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 509.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. REHBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H512-H513):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' The specific Constitutional Authority cited here is not intended and should not be construed to be exclusive of any other general or specific Constitutional Authority that is otherwise applicable.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  393 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 509, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  896c9b926945f31f3c96017179fb8249a1b471db6fc9963b91a068de54365fa9

  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. 509, 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.