Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4742.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4742, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act” on September 12, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 29, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45709

  CBO publication date

  September 12, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4742, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 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. 113-711 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 22, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 22, 2014 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/711

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4742, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 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. HASTINGS of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4834):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4742, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e80c3aac2cb563e70bc6c60b4d0570761889def026d9f7a432c2e0e4ccc99db1

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4742, last updated August 12, 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.