Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2459.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 59, April 3, 2023, Page H1699):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To support the conservation and recovery of native plant and animal species in the State of Hawaii.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  183 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2459, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2459

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  86cb32c21e11bce15aab3b80533532effa3d52fe9754a07875a93f8d22455f3b

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2459, last updated December 5, 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.