Northern Route Approval Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3, Northern Route Approval Act” on May 7, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 24, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44129

  CBO publication date

  May 7, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ae4b3674271308eb91d849e7fd3e79d7419fb5dbd7182c16625d8c61399c4f7

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 113-61,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 113-61,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 113-61,Part 3 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/61
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/61
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/61

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ae4b3674271308eb91d849e7fd3e79d7419fb5dbd7182c16625d8c61399c4f7

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1548):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Article III, Section 2, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ae4b3674271308eb91d849e7fd3e79d7419fb5dbd7182c16625d8c61399c4f7

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

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