To require the Comptroller General to conduct a study to assess certain environmental review processes with regard to offshore wind projects, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1056.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 33, February 17, 2023, Page H854):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Environment
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 17, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1056, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1056

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8fc26078c957374a793d44fff131b33d8edb9ac9081a4a814801a314b9e14262

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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