Protecting American Investment in Shipbuilding Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9326.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 129, August 9, 2024, Page H4985):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Consititution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is To require United States shipyards to repay Federal financial assistance if they are sold to foreign persons, to prohibit the use of Federal funds for capital improvements at foreign-owned shipyards, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  566 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9326, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9326

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b82eb2eb035c134bb2d27146b6bb717fb062f30969eb86be6e6926e1bfde677

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9326, last updated June 6, 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.