To reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 944.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 944, a bill to reauthorize the National Estuary Programs, and for other purposes” on April 23, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 14, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 23, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50133

  CBO publication date

  April 23, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 944, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/944

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-104 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 8, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/104

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 944, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/944

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. LoBIONDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 24, February 12, 2015, Page H1037):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 944, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/944

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0def03e7dffea36ca6161908136906cedf80502d19bff82bfb5e80b64dc4b202

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