Mining Schools Enhancement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3734.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3734, Mining Schools Enhancement Act” on June 30, 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, June 30, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51745

  CBO publication date

  June 30, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3734, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3734

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f38cd63c1c27a6468b3f4385542c972f6d644d198835b5986fa5fc5b886a4933

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-658 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 5, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 5, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/658

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3734, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3734

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f38cd63c1c27a6468b3f4385542c972f6d644d198835b5986fa5fc5b886a4933

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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. HARDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 149, October 9, 2015, Page H6974):
  clause 18 of section 8 of artilce I of the Constitution. and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 9, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  92 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3734, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3734

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f38cd63c1c27a6468b3f4385542c972f6d644d198835b5986fa5fc5b886a4933

  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. 3734, last updated April 7, 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.