To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 to expand eligibility for underserved community harbor projects, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8644.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 96, June 5, 2024, Page H3675):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Harbor and water infrastructure.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2024 ↗

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  131 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8644, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  425ace027064778112cd915ea342dcbccf6807a2dde09968d257716f792fca0d

  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 10, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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