To authorize the President of the United States to agree to certain amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 254.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 254, A bill to authorize the President of the United States to agree to certain amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Govermment of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment” on February 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 13, 2003</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2003 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14287

  CBO publication date

  February 24, 2003

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 254, 108th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42636857bc9247a5c5a28c60063f4c840fd772e4b1874352df0904287a0abffa

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 254, A bill to authorize the President of the United States to agree to certain amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Govermment of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment” on February 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 13, 2003”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2003 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14287

  CBO publication date

  February 24, 2003

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 254, 108th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42636857bc9247a5c5a28c60063f4c840fd772e4b1874352df0904287a0abffa

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-17 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on February 25, 2003.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 25, 2003 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/17

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 254, 108th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42636857bc9247a5c5a28c60063f4c840fd772e4b1874352df0904287a0abffa

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 254, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.