DEEP Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6708.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 203, December 11, 2023, Page H6815):
  Pursuant to Article one of the United States Constitution Congress has the power to enact this legislation. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to propose a new nationwide permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for dredging projects, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  355 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6708, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6708

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec3b91ffea3847450aebe3e4c68c4a4f0b23e27b4f4e74c9d27ed94f83f18f0e

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6708, last updated December 5, 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.