Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7529.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 39, March 5, 2024, Page H822):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Public Lands
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7529, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7529

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d4501d4e5fd51f5c5960b81b9b2d45f6e4527743ed48d9d173342c5eccf91884

  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7529, last updated June 11, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.