To amend title 46, United States Code, to include the replacement or purchase of additional cargo handling equipment as an eligible purpose for Capital Construction Funds, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4993.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EZELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4144):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; . . . The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 46, United States Code, to include the replacement or purchase of additional cargo handling equipment as an eligible purpose for Capital Construction Funds, and for other purposes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4993, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4993

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a21f6ae8464f3778217ba38dae956800d966a791d027c79643abb2d8fe4441b7

  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 July 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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