FISH Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 872.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 26, February 8, 2023, Page H781):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 and clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill gives the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) the sole authority to protect endangered or threatened species that are anadromous species or catadromous species. Currently, the FWS shares this authority with the National Marine Fisheries Service.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  469 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 872, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73aaa159bff2f0fa9bc648d6958e8668c5eaaba785cbc602e9300c9dac1537c1

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 872, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.