Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1836.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1836, the Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act of 2023” on July 20, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 23, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59398

  CBO publication date

  July 20, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1836, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1836

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c28693876d9a61be371b5c34c040c2a578241506a723e62e11db86ca17857b41

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-218 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 26, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/218

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1836, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1836

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c28693876d9a61be371b5c34c040c2a578241506a723e62e11db86ca17857b41

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 56, March 28, 2023, Page H1529):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill makes corrections to US cose with respect to ocean shipping authorities and the Federal Maritime Commission.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  217 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1836, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1836

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c28693876d9a61be371b5c34c040c2a578241506a723e62e11db86ca17857b41

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