Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5577.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5577, Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act” on September 2, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on 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/51955

  CBO publication date

  September 2, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5577, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5577

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1882d3d58d46a56689c0f914fc1e2ba419ca3d5f88e859e464057e5e1c5aa2e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-713 ↗. 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/713

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5577, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5577

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1882d3d58d46a56689c0f914fc1e2ba419ca3d5f88e859e464057e5e1c5aa2e

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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. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 102, June 24, 2016, Page H4180):
  Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5577, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5577

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1882d3d58d46a56689c0f914fc1e2ba419ca3d5f88e859e464057e5e1c5aa2e

  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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