Pinniped Predator Deterrence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8158.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 73, April 29, 2024, Page H2701):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: to require the Secretary of the Army to acquire technology that uses acoustic sound to deter pinniped predators at such Dam, and for other purposes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2024 ↗

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  210 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8158, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8158

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b46eb5f9a7c14fb48c678f860063f13a5f4db4b6cfcef8d4e3e6b2fdaf2b315

  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 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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