Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5745.

• 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. 169, October 14, 2025, Page H4537):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 (Commerce Clause)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  48 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5745, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5745

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fedeb1767dd9304a2cb868233aa748744f8b3d7100cdccb74dbdbd068ede20cd

  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 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5745, last updated September 17, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.