To allow States to require payment of State fees related to boating as a condition for issuance of a vessel number and to collect such fees in conjunction with other fees related to vessel numbering.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9636.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 144, September 17, 2024, Page H5319):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To allow States to require payment of State fees related to boating as a condition for issuance of a vessel number and to collect such fees in conjunction with other fees related to vessel numbering.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9636, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9636

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  23f236dfb006d5e18ec9ac2a6c97155eb1dc77807a845b42da4e405d62162161

  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 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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