American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1992.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1992, American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act” on July 29, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 11, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50684

  CBO publication date

  July 29, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1992, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1992

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  881ca874f0e1b5bbcd26a1bbd52c8e85dde9c38fd81e5d4567ae9ead721ee7d1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-236 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 29, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/236

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1992, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1992

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  881ca874f0e1b5bbcd26a1bbd52c8e85dde9c38fd81e5d4567ae9ead721ee7d1

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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. COOK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 60, April 23, 2015, Page H2465):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1992, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1992

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  881ca874f0e1b5bbcd26a1bbd52c8e85dde9c38fd81e5d4567ae9ead721ee7d1

  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. 1992, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.