Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1494.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1957):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  286 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1494, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1494

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d39382ee0d44dda2c7668398cf7b6cf47d78aa66b95d1e916e53aac607ffac8c

  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. 1494, 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.