Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 980.

• 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. 161, No. 25, February 13, 2015, Page H1070):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 980, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/980

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90983122e6aa7f05ce60f8f00b01ac1e0c3635271968cccfa5f62cd73685e2b0

  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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 980, last updated December 6, 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.