Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 159.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3526):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Repealing a regulation related to the Endangered Species Act of 1973
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  177 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 159, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/159

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 6, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab55235b8eceee93602b1b3e6884ac80aa9f213899b288940781f5e47d1506dc

  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 August 6, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 159, last updated August 6, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.