Protecting Whales, Human Safety and the Economy Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4323.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 110, June 23, 2023, Page H3143):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of article I of the U.S. Constitution provides Congress with the power to regulate commerce. The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of the bill is to prohibit NOAA from further developing a rule to restrict vessel speeds that would damage coastal economies.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  302 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4323, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4323

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0dd94c2e8324245b8143c6509ed5db7e652ed8f68d69ea40109f1c1a9cf0a49

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4323, last updated December 5, 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.