Noncontiguous Shipping Relief Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2588.

• 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, Page H1727):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Allows transportation of merchandise in noncontiguous trade on foreign-flag vessels.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  171 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2588, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3aacc225798b0c68984e0ef8e62c316e7b595ca71e5ca56c19130c271f64ad4

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2588, last updated July 21, 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.