To reduce risks to marine mammals, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5957.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSEN of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 197, November 12, 2021, Page H6247):
  Article 1, Section 1--all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of representatives.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 12, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  173 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5957, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea2d49424efa905f9a71e186019892531bdacc36cd39d8d8b1358ec7e7dc5e38

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5957, last updated June 6, 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.