Florida Coastal Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1443.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 44, March 8, 2023, Page H1207):
  Congress has the power to enact legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare'' of Americans. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2023 ↗

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  461 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1443, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1443

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3028d62c93fb8696bf4bfda504847390cd2a514fe2ac7666f1fc776d82715cc0

  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. 1443, 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.