Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9971.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 155, October 11, 2024, Page H5868):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Bird conservation
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  81 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9971, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9971

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e97162c5b90f603560dea35fe9c653ad7296509b4246bbf29d20357e2f6ca0f3

  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. 9971, 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.