Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1057.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 33, February 17, 2023, Page H854):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Ensures that foreign seafood imported into the United States is safe and healthy by holding foreign countries and exporters to the same standards that U.S. seafood producers and processors abide by.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  544 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1057, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1057

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  298fadd8b3913484e138b8eff91102a1ae1b97877ac9296ae03a92681adc62bb

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1057, last updated July 24, 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.