Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3978.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2790):
  Article IV, Section III, Clause II of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Energy Policy.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  127 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3978, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  772855581e26093bb88a88c9e553064a09e8cbe7aa5ac88f482436e53b5cb58e

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3978, last updated May 27, 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.