Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 563.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAHN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 13, January 27, 2015, Page H640):
  According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: 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, Congressional Record January 27, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  441 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 563, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/563

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  65ff1dd3f7e60d9aae69a782492f302c4582ade5a1de3184287457f17235f23c

  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. 563, last updated August 12, 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.