Manatee Protection Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 135.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H40):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the West Indian Manatee as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 135, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/135

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7441dd430b235412aca7c667fc4c9146c8a10e8b3c22af601a4503442dc04d2d

  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 August 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 135, last updated August 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.