Incentivizing the Expansion of U.S. Ports Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6709.

• 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 eliminate certain requirements with respect to dredging and dredged material, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  255 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6709, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fbfe569a9d8dd371d7da82e8486d7ce076789a43d631a8cf7a0355cdf64f007c

  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. 6709, 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.