Bear Protection Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3518.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2459):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and bear viscera products.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

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  208 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3518, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3518

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72b895adb0769cde64812897fc0e5b3eea870fd80fee6cb576a93e326c0955f2

  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 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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