To codify certain regulations relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5708.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 187, October 25, 2021, Page H5873):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 25, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5708, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5708

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38ebe17da5cf63361c7ec0ba8a27c010169cdf925846c6e0f132c8475eed052f

  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.

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