Putting Our Resources Toward Security (PORTS) Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 583.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VELA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H416):
  Article 1 Section 8 Clause 1: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excised, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  421 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 583, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/583

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5a521c7338d3933525c5d068a4ce1ce16d90837c202e16000f37518de37d3e21

  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. 583, 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.