To authorize the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1491.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1491, a bill to authorize the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and su” on December 20, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 4, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 20, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44985

  CBO publication date

  December 20, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1491, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-399 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 2, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 2014 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/399

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1491, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 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 Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1957):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1491, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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