SOS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4582.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4582, Save Our Salmon Act” on June 28, 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 28, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51725

  CBO publication date

  June 28, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4582, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4582

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94f0694169e95a9690bac0d6b991b4b38fa33d7faa6cd6ac08d1cc8c2685c0c1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-647 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 28, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 28, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/647

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4582, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4582

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94f0694169e95a9690bac0d6b991b4b38fa33d7faa6cd6ac08d1cc8c2685c0c1

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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. DENHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 28, February 23, 2016, Page H854):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States), Clause 3 (relating to regulating commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  412 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4582, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4582

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94f0694169e95a9690bac0d6b991b4b38fa33d7faa6cd6ac08d1cc8c2685c0c1

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

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