To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to support the restoration of coral reefs in South Florida.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7973.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIMENEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 63, April 12, 2024, Page H2367):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution stating that Congress has the authority to ``make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution''. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to support the restoration of coral reefs in South Florida.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7973, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7973

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f45180696746e477b3083b1d2f10bada3da27b7195e92e0066a6145615fc73b8

  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 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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