Protecting Investments in Our Ports Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9642.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 144, September 17, 2024, Page H5319):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Consitution The single subject of this legislation is: Transportation safety and security
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  131 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9642, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9642

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4989df823bc94f6dfdc32ca11809707c7217a31fe253f700a587d1f0d3f62b62

  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 November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9642, last updated November 18, 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.