Commercial Vessel Discharges Reform Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2840.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2840, Commercial Vessel Discharges Reform Act of 2011” on November 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 13, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42713

  CBO publication date

  November 30, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2840, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2840

  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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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-266 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 3, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 3, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/266

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2840, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2840

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03cdf1de8bd4096273cf818a263389f01ae2f67b6ee006d10c835899d27b46b1

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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. LoBIONDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5936):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2840, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2840

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03cdf1de8bd4096273cf818a263389f01ae2f67b6ee006d10c835899d27b46b1

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2840, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.