COAST Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5225.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 76, May 13, 2016, Page H2386):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, 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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  455 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5225, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5225

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae1aed27c7cc3b75206ac99b527649f8327e8defc0e931ac735b91ccdfe9926c

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5225, last updated December 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.