Ocean Restoration Research and Development Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7797.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 51, March 22, 2024, Page H1498):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States which gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. The single subject of this legislation is: Establishes a pilot project on ocean fertilization and restoration research and development.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2024 ↗

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  271 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7797, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  af1d975115e569cdd091d5d3abbafdb05ca48ed7a12cf1b59a07b6b27b6a6c2f

  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. 7797, 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.