Hydrogen for Ports Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6872.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 209, December 19, 2023, Page H6999):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program to support hydrogen-fueled equipment at ports and to conduct a study with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Security on the feasibility and safety of using hydrogen-derived fuels, including ammonia, as a shipping fuel.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2023 ↗

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  385 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6872, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  99230b9ddbcbec4b79f9f30ddaa093d93b63c778884c433c50fd3a3e8959650f

  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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6872, last updated January 16, 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.