Coast Guard STRONG Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2059.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TSONGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2803):
  Military Regulation: Article I, Section 8, Clauses 14 and 18 To make Rules for the Government and Regulation and naval Forces; and To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  363 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2059, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2059

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3bed849d4599eb13a7cc99026871b1478ce78c075e3e62675165d062538e32f0

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2059, last updated December 5, 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.