To prohibit the National Science Foundation from obligating or expending Federal funds to descope or decommission the Ocean Observatories Initiative instruments, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9647.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 113, July 13, 2026, Page H4409):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  46 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9647, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9503cbf719dee9d41fc2cd4637210f73a1e3528c5a4dbeab8482e6cd11eb03ac

  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 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9647, last updated July 22, 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.