Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6814.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 206, December 14, 2023, Page H6987):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Preserve marine ecosystems and increases fishing access for anglers by improving longstanding artificial reefing programs for decommissioned energy infrastructure.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2023 ↗

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  249 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6814, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6814

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61c98fff36112902fba61ef19de76719eddb392784a8bca4e445f56fbbc0f053

  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.

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