RARE Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 981.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 981, RARE Act of 2013” on May 29, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 15, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44285

  CBO publication date

  May 29, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 981, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/981

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1e861805a3ec5d2bc02aaa6864b582a72e9e018f1c2707b60ce85d42610a3be7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-389 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 1, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 1, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/389

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 981, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/981

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1e861805a3ec5d2bc02aaa6864b582a72e9e018f1c2707b60ce85d42610a3be7

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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. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1320):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1; and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  66 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 981, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/981

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1e861805a3ec5d2bc02aaa6864b582a72e9e018f1c2707b60ce85d42610a3be7

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 981, last updated April 7, 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.