Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 200.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 200, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act” on April 24, 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, April 24, 2018 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53794

  CBO publication date

  April 24, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 200, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-758 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 19, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/758

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 200, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 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. YOUNG of Alaska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H52):
  Article I, 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 January 3, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  164 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 200, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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