Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4996.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 145, August 10, 2021, Page H4325):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 10, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4996, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  25288daca7dc33ffacdc522f523d8c18ef9b6ab665f32660ac98a0f19ced1bc6

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4996, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.