Marginal Well Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5619.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESTES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 183, October 19, 2021, Page H5673):
  ARTICLE I, Section 8, Clause 3 To regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  130 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5619, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5619

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc50b449dd5c6f1e216ed688bbcf1829115ad0930ee981823b2f2457d6381db4

  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 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5619, last updated January 16, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.