Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1219.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BONNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1549):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. This bill is also enacted pursuant to Congress' authority to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution. This bill is also enacted pursuant to the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  800 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1219, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef6389333e6949c9a5a372288d2a07aa9dd7331653727d7e7b2da4bd9c986c36

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1219, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.