The Gulf of Mexico Commerce Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5239.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 137, August 18, 2023, Page H4193):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution provides Congress the power to make laws to regulate interstate commerce. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that establishes a vessel slowdown zone in the Gulf of Mexico until the Secretary of Commerce completes a study demonstrating that proposed mitigation efforts would have no negative impact on supply chains, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 18, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5239, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5239

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 31, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ff99dc022732de00bbbc4da229ea41a3833a843e9ec8d2f60454e4e628151b2

  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 31, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5239, last updated July 31, 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.