Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2158.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2158, Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act” on July 23, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 16, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45573

  CBO publication date

  July 23, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2158, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2158

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c157e944af33ecfa198284c7e187b6da181f1c665ee5b4cbb3b2e8b790c3f061

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-596 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 15, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2014 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/596

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2158, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2158

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c157e944af33ecfa198284c7e187b6da181f1c665ee5b4cbb3b2e8b790c3f061

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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. FLEMING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2957):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which states the Congress shall have the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  289 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2158, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2158

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c157e944af33ecfa198284c7e187b6da181f1c665ee5b4cbb3b2e8b790c3f061

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