Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2586.

• 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. 62, April 13, 2023, Pages H1726-H1727):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Exempts certain noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  147 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2586, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2586

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 27, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d0af52cf1231a974dc1919a854bfe6dea50b50f9792b8eeeae6eeced9968bf9

  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 August 27, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2586, last updated August 27, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.