Help Our Kelp Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5487.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4348):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish and carry out a grant program to conserve, restore, and manage kelp forest ecosystems, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5487, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5487

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b9794cd10153058709a127e223bfaf9a8ec5b1db98f98b7ed0be8ae9ee1ca51

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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