American LNG First Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8215.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 75, May 1, 2024, Page H2830):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To exempt certain vessels transporting liquefied natural gas from certain coastwise endorsement requirements.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  207 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8215, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5defbdeef643b2409db85b8fbefc74aeb51e1c4703001c9618186efb7912bbe8

  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 August 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8215, last updated August 14, 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.