To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3109.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3109, a bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes” on August 20, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 30, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 20, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45659

  CBO publication date

  August 20, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3109, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 113-578 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 8, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2014 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/578

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3109, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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 Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5588):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3109, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c7d39d2e112f57873ad4f3d37d3b6f4e4a87a2a87f80eb9018969cca09d5bb69

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