Helium Stewardship Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 527.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 527, the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013” on September 20, 2013. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending effects for the Act, as passed by the Senate on September 19, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 20, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44603

  CBO publication date

  September 20, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 527, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/527

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a69eca2c814716d1c074e542dcd2c4eed6c28e24f0a8ff858011a851d721b01f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-42 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 18, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 18, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/42

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 527, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/527

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a69eca2c814716d1c074e542dcd2c4eed6c28e24f0a8ff858011a851d721b01f

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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 H414):
  Article IV, Section 3
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 527, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/527

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a69eca2c814716d1c074e542dcd2c4eed6c28e24f0a8ff858011a851d721b01f

  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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