Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5978.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUNTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 136, September 9, 2016, Page H5255):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes) and Clause 14 (to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  269 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5978, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  328d7c891b8660243438bb8476280d7676ff97a6f732777ab282113406b6ce3c

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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