To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on vessel fires and responses, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7702.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENENDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 47, March 15, 2024, Page H1189):
  Article I, Clause 8 The single subject of this legislation is: maritime transportation
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  86 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7702, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7702

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  792ecac9339f7d115e0f74d256d53c525cbb31e45cb91dc40ab034a4e74dd02f

  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. 7702, 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.