MORE Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 903.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1576):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 2 (empowering Congress to make rules and regulations respecting property belonging to the people of the United States), Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress). Furthermore, this bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331), which Congress previously enacted pursuant to similar authority.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  700 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 903, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/903

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a5774550dbf788f739b294c4b946108be2771f4dd4b6914557c28e3784fc388

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 903, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.