To remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System certain properties in South Carolina.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3226.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3226, a bill to remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System certain properties in South Carolina” on October 2, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49437

  CBO publication date

  October 2, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3226, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c38ba7be32e669cfbc5701209cb3dbf554634f81cde92e7fab4ccaf0ba9b4bd

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-636 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/636

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3226, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c38ba7be32e669cfbc5701209cb3dbf554634f81cde92e7fab4ccaf0ba9b4bd

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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. RICE of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6103):
  section 8 of article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3226, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c38ba7be32e669cfbc5701209cb3dbf554634f81cde92e7fab4ccaf0ba9b4bd

  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. 3226, 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.