House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2023
- Committee actionOct 25, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 333.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5616.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5616, BRIDGE Production Act of 2023” on February 28, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 26, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 28, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60017
- CBO publication date
- February 28, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5616, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
595f58a4159e936f056639018723978b9778845fad48235b94d7707ba430b6f3
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-405 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 5, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 5, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/405
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5616, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
595f58a4159e936f056639018723978b9778845fad48235b94d7707ba430b6f3
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- 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. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4457):Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide certainty for future offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico for 2024 and 2025.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 213 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5616, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
595f58a4159e936f056639018723978b9778845fad48235b94d7707ba430b6f3
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jerry Carl (R-AL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Steve Scalise (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.