To exempt exportation of certain echinoderms and mollusks from licensing requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4245.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4245, a bill to exempt exportation of certain echinoderms and mollusks from licensing requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973” on August 12, 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, August 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51904

  CBO publication date

  August 12, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4245, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  686920113d43f3061f4484f1da2da05707b8ada7cfb8512ba40c515ea8aa21fe

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-712 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 6, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/712

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4245, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  686920113d43f3061f4484f1da2da05707b8ada7cfb8512ba40c515ea8aa21fe

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 180, December 11, 2015, Page H9307):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US Constitution Amendment XVI to the Constitution ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  99 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4245, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  686920113d43f3061f4484f1da2da05707b8ada7cfb8512ba40c515ea8aa21fe

  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. 4245, last updated March 4, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.