To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1157.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1157, a bill to clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes” on January 19, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 19, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53496

  CBO publication date

  January 19, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1157, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ae11394c6e30a28b94ba1587de163721be4e7f273cd9f6852afbee05ab65c90

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-541 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on February 2, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 2, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/541

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1157, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ae11394c6e30a28b94ba1587de163721be4e7f273cd9f6852afbee05ab65c90

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1305):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1157, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ae11394c6e30a28b94ba1587de163721be4e7f273cd9f6852afbee05ab65c90

  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. 1157, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.