Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 897.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-560 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 27, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/560

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 897, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43fd1e0bca24d87023efb7a5274ef126b7ce4959d64a441bcd1a8528510cb422

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H827):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: The bill authorizes the designation of a marine sanctuary off the coast of Alabama.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  158 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 897, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43fd1e0bca24d87023efb7a5274ef126b7ce4959d64a441bcd1a8528510cb422

  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 (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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