GLRI Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7257.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 21, February 6, 2024, Page H503):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  128 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7257, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7257

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 31, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7befa576eeb3f0c74a0ce2611416fd489e3d32b79487d3b6221863fc2ba25ff

  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 August 31, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7257, last updated August 31, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.