To reauthorize the National Estuary Programs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5266.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5266, a bill to reauthorize the National Estuary Programs, and for other purposes” on September 19, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 17, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45739

  CBO publication date

  September 19, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5266, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5266

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37d9383da42224ffca4ee4320a127fc41e113d7815b14ca74af199e17a939f32

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-612 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 12, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 12, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/612

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5266, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5266

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37d9383da42224ffca4ee4320a127fc41e113d7815b14ca74af199e17a939f32

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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. LoBIONDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7127):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States of America
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  83 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5266, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5266

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37d9383da42224ffca4ee4320a127fc41e113d7815b14ca74af199e17a939f32

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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