Coastal Economies Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 291.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUNNINGHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H286):
  ``This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  94 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 291, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/291

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6243f745ef32e1f2b583678caf9cf4d62b013845f42e21db98e2f9ac735c4e8

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 291, last updated January 3, 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.