To unleash America's offshore critical minerals and resources.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4018.

• 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. 104, June 17, 2025, Page H2832):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4018, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4018

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  df24763de80ec70e4b75379e36d3f5139684a44d10c7feef24190b2774303c81

  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 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4018, last updated September 9, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.