To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4536.

• 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. 118, July 11, 2023, Page H3207):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To protect the ocean from international mining activities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  142 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4536, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4536

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 2, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e9499b90be91f15609403f17dde29f6d3fe4236c1909e42e40f2a260cb170fc6

  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 August 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4536, last updated August 2, 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.