Port Optimization for Responsible Transportation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7587.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. PELTOLA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 41, March 7, 2024, Page H1034):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 3, and clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to categorical exclusions of the Maritime Administration, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  313 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7587, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7587

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2b122a645f7537d7d4cddd61f25ea8f0677f92c01cb065f69da6ac48f7d5fa2d

  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 November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7587, last updated November 18, 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.