Alan S. Lowenthal Blue Whales, Blue Skies Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8726.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARBAJAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 100, June 13, 2024, Page H4062):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Environmental Protections
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  89 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8726, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8726

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59a1807435a27688857e2b83c69d1a8092362410473c7d664a215543913d6969

  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 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8726, last updated August 20, 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.