Coast Guard Sustained Funding Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5842.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 159, September 29, 2023, Page H4911):
  Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Should there be a lapse in appropriations, the US Coast Guard will still have available funds in order for its uniformed and civilian personnel to carry out their respective duties.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5842, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5842

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0b8dd43b38bbaede8e8051481179476af100aab51634c17602fb068ad538531

  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 October 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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