World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1288.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUTTERFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1720):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1288, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1288

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9054a39aeb144f5036c176c07d55cd8d7f5e97b20138f1fc8a7c3ec1c3bbb07e

  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 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1288, last updated January 27, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.