Refuge System Protection Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6583.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 199, December 4, 2023, Page H6111):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: authorizing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to seek compensation for injuries to trust resources and to use funds received as that compensation to restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  571 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6583, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6583

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9e6ab400177b9095168784133a086571ca3364afd6f1229cbed1415e402e60d9

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6583, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.