Promoting American Competition in Aquaculture Research Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3542.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TOKUDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2460):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Amending the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to eliminate the prohibition on indirect costs with respect to aquaculture assistance, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

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  315 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3542, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f90f0670be00771dea166c51d4753087aea8d9ed498347d7b772f0446b83270b

  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3542, last updated June 11, 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.