To amend title 10, United States Code, to give the Secretary of Defense authority to build capacity of foreign security forces with respect to certain fishing operations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5479.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4347):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Adds countering illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing operations as an authorized purpose for which the Secretary of Defense may support another nation's national security forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5479, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5479

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  e3e3feec2478d6f9cbb83cb6224b1941eb9167c29f6e820ea8f66edba0a79a5d

  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 September 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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