To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to expand eligibility for certain wastewater infrastructure grants, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1265.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H678):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

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  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1265, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1265

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  613b9c860c9383b16e03868e0367d4757ccf2019cca5dcdaa48402caf0bc1688

  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 May 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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