To reauthorize the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5545.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7888):
  Article I, Sec. 8. ``. . . Congress shall have power to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  123 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5545, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5545

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  14f334895c27e6a3ef0bb89bc51aa56634de9a4f3732536db818ede9210e61a9

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5545, last updated January 3, 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.