Marginal Well Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 246.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESTES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H151):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 To regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among the several states, and with Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  127 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 246, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  718f2058a7457d6ffde7e6e623f78ff578d774a3344e56c441ab4bb550101152

  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 March 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 246, last updated March 4, 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.