To amend title 46, United States Code, to include the replacement or purchase of additional cargo handling equipment as an eligible purpose for Capital Construction Funds, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3842.

• 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. 171, No. 98, June 9, 2025, Page H2569):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3842, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3842

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72f7cc9825eb6fe72cafe6cf7302c34c46625fcf99376a0f8249ec2d333080f0

  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 September 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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