To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to expand the exemption process under section 7 of that Act with respect to national security and significant adverse national or regional economic impacts.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3845.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 98, June 9, 2025, Page H2569):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3845, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3845

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  456fa91c68a8972bd5dec7d13a20e06e178d8c214408eb1e47aad00c1a5ca60c

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

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