Protecting Access to American Products Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7081.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 14, January 25, 2024, Page H252):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To establish a process for waiver of coastwise endorsement requirements.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  159 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7081, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7081

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fefadfab394453ffb294f04e901508f5479e92522d99b1d2bf6f99eb9e2afe2e

  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. 7081, 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.