Oyster Reef Recovery Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9705.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 204, January 3, 2023, Page H10550):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9705, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ed49486bca7e3101b910f30cb47e81bf1a3ad9684e08a0749a73ba721054c294

  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 December 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9705, last updated December 16, 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.