Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4576.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4576, Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act” on September 2, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources July 13, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 2, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51957

  CBO publication date

  September 2, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4576, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4576

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38efada19b98218d44fe64678c0b8eeb2cb25d868e898d9d178f4fd3fbe93fb5

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-718 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/718

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4576, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4576

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38efada19b98218d44fe64678c0b8eeb2cb25d868e898d9d178f4fd3fbe93fb5

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. RADEWAGEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 26, February 12, 2016, Page H818):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3--The Congress shall have power . . . to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  168 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4576, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4576

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38efada19b98218d44fe64678c0b8eeb2cb25d868e898d9d178f4fd3fbe93fb5

  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. 4576, 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.