To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2803.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2803, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a technological capability assessment, inventory, and economic feasibility study regarding the recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the shallow and deep se” on November 1, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 5, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2011 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42709

  CBO publication date

  November 1, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2803, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2803

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-302 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2011 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/302

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2803, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2803

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

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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. FALEOMAVAEGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5896):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause--The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  324 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2803, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2803

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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