SEAfood Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5944.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 167, October 12, 2023, Page H5008):
  ARTICLE I, SECTION 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Requires the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish an assessment program for offshore aquaculture, to establish Aquaculture Centers of Excellence, to require a study and report, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2023 ↗

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  309 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5944, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5944

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a05b9f646f1dc1f5f8fcc153cc7342e081e5d000c1b2b97e957fd9c50f887a3

  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 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5944, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.