House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 27, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 614.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 18, January 27, 2023, Page H491):Article I, Section 8, clauses 3, 4 and 11-16 The single subject of this legislation is: H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visa programSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 614, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/614
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Wittman.
- H.R. 615 (118th) Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023
- H.R. 4051 (118th) Supporting the Health of Aquatic systems through Research Knowledge and Enhanced Dialogue Act
- H.R. 8811 (118th) America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024
- H.R. 1477 (118th) Freedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act
- H.R. 223 (118th) Adoption Information Act
- H.R. 5067 (118th) Empowering Electric Grid Reliability Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.