To enact certain laws relating to the environment as title 55, United States Code, "Environment".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2834.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2834, a bill to enact certain laws relating to the environment as title 55, United States Code, “Environment”” on November 4, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 27, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 2015 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50959

  CBO publication date

  November 4, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2834, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  838fb5770a67fdc58e0ad6da15c86217130a25bad415445dbd763ab669dbc44e

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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. MARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 98, June 18, 2015, Page H4543):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation, which maintains the United States Code by codifying Federal statutes, pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution confers on Congress the authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. This legislation enacts certain laws relating to the environment as title 55, United States Code, ``Environment.'' Codifying Federal statutes is a necessary role of Congress with respect to executing the powers vested by the Constitution in…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  741 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2834, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  838fb5770a67fdc58e0ad6da15c86217130a25bad415445dbd763ab669dbc44e

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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