RESCUE Whales Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1213.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 37, February 27, 2023, Page H916):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale Protection
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  112 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1213, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1213

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21fdea1a053ff9d897de4893c3c4c3a4c4ec9ba956bab31c18772b212b9469f1

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1213, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.