Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4049.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4049, Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act” on July 22, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 19, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45567

  CBO publication date

  July 22, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4049, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. 113-621 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 17, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 17, 2014 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/621

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4049, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. DUFFY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1772):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution: ``To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of Particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  517 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4049, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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