To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to change certain requirements regarding certain allowed take of marine mammals, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10776.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EZELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 159, October 9, 2026, Page H6036):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: the Commerce Clause, grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with Indian tribes, forming a foundation for federal economic authority.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  216 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10776, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  723d5a814660afee2c3a26b57a989a34f394a720c7a090aab5b5e13df8e86180

  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 October 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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