To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include the processing of crawfish as agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9312.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 100, June 15, 2026, Page H4118):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9312, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9312

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 30, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  581c388f3e3bc0df5b1178cc2bb955036bf4364f8355b01b5f859b8a93c2f4c1

  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 June 30, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9312, last updated June 30, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.