House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Coastal Infrastructure Improvement Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the testing and implementation of stabilization and erosion control technology to prevent coastal erosion.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5735.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GILLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 168, October 10, 2025, Page H4533):section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5735, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5735
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 28, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Michael Lawler (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.