SEAM Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 724.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H924):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the general welfare of the United States; as enumerated in Article I, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  240 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 724, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/724

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b37911f7f904266b5c2821edb6b29b7157a4a0df0a5ff01acd52fdebd44da83

  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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 724, last updated December 6, 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.