Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2484.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2484, Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011” on August 19, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on July 28, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 19, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41157

  CBO publication date

  August 19, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2484, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2484

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-333 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on December 16, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2011 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/333

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2484, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2484

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4851):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 & 18 of the United States Constitution. Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  424 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2484, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2484

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  834d8839666a3fd4e3f05207fd0ba2cb5428ccadb1fc8be0f9ccb44be18028f1

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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