Close Agency Loopholes to the Jones Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5991.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 172, October 19, 2023, Page H5032):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to make certain determinations in enforcing the Jones Act, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  325 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5991, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5991

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0b8e6577cebb4ce6665be4677f32aa7e9adc5be8b85826a2f0e29859b88c2aad

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5991, last updated May 27, 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.