APPROVAL Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3062.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3062, APPROVAL Act” on November 21, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52207

  CBO publication date

  November 21, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3062, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3062

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2bce8436f43a2a4338aa40e7195c4f6626ff11cb0600f1d5dba258b0413b0a8

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-856 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 8, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/856

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3062, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3062

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2bce8436f43a2a4338aa40e7195c4f6626ff11cb0600f1d5dba258b0413b0a8

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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. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 109, July 14, 2015, Page H5172):
  clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3062, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3062

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2bce8436f43a2a4338aa40e7195c4f6626ff11cb0600f1d5dba258b0413b0a8

  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. 3062, 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.