Atlantic Coastal Economies Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1149.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN DREW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 26, February 11, 2019, Page H1518):
  Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  57 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1149, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1149

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc5f42f24eece4fdca80e7f7db53ef51bbe9f98ca3ccfc8f8d0849eb29c63303

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1149, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.