Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4318.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4318, Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act” on June 20, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 30, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45465

  CBO publication date

  June 20, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4318, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4318

  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. 113-540 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 17, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2014 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/540

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4318, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4318

  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. HUIZENGA of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2745):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4318, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4318

  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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