Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2824.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2824, Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America” on January 23, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 14, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 23, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45038

  CBO publication date

  January 23, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2824, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4551e0caa305825e86577b07ff21cd052b5592b394e41117e22b5d6aa0f51097

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-364 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on February 28, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 28, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/364

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2824, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4551e0caa305825e86577b07ff21cd052b5592b394e41117e22b5d6aa0f51097

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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. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5089):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2824, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4551e0caa305825e86577b07ff21cd052b5592b394e41117e22b5d6aa0f51097

  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. 2824, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.