Fish Hatchery Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5026.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5026, Fish Hatchery Protection Act” on September 10, 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, September 10, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45705

  CBO publication date

  September 10, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5026, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5026

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 113-702 ↗. 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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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/702

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5026, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5026

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5876):
  This legislation is constitutionally appropriate pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Clause). The Supreme Court, in South Dakota v. Dole (1987), reasoned that conditions and limitations on funds were constitutional and within the power of Congress under the Spending Clause. Thus, conditioning the use of federal funds in order to direct appropriate spending goals and purposes are constitutionally permissible. As the spending is national in scope and pertains to all National Fish Hatcheries, and the conditions are clear, the legislation is constitutional.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  580 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5026, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5026

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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